: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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The feature, based on an award-winning short, traces the story of an enigmatic old man living in the dunes who is unjustly accused of killing a local.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Guests can cruise around the dunes on ATVs, but most opt to make camel treks.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Well connected in the local community, Baum passionately took up the mission to preserve the dunes.
—Amy Brecount White, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Those changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Guests can cruise around the dunes on ATVs, but most opt to make camel treks.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Well connected in the local community, Baum passionately took up the mission to preserve the dunes.
—Amy Brecount White, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
Those changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dune
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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dune
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: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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