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Covered in salt marshes, sand dune ridges, and winding tidal creeks, the wild habitat is home to all kinds of native plants and animals.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2024
The Alabama company behind the mining project, Twin Pines Minerals, is seeking to extract titanium on a 580-acre tract of Trail Ridge, an ancient inland sand dune complex that forms the eastern boundary of the swamp.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 9 Sep. 2023
Israeli troops uncovered the tunnel exit buried under a sand dune a few weeks ago.
—Dov Lieber, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2023
But in the early mornings of the 1990s, at the height of his powers as the world’s best martial artist, Gracie feared that sand dune.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
The beaches on this part of the coast are composed of fine, soft sand, which makes visiting the famed Dune du Pilat (the tallest sand dune in Europe) a must.
—Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
The landscape is beautiful and punishing by design: Think racing a motocross bike down a sand dune, then up a literal mountain, and continuing to do that for about two weeks.
—Molly Osberg, Curbed, 22 June 2023
Another fossil found in the 1970s in Mongolia shows two dinosaurs — predator Velociraptor and plant-eater Protoceratops — fighting about 80 million years ago before being buried alive, perhaps in a collapsing sand dune.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 July 2023
In the premiere episode of the series, Austin navigated a daunting sand dune while driving around Nevada’s Sand Mountain.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 May 2023
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2024
The Alabama company behind the mining project, Twin Pines Minerals, is seeking to extract titanium on a 580-acre tract of Trail Ridge, an ancient inland sand dune complex that forms the eastern boundary of the swamp.
—Drew Kann, ajc, 9 Sep. 2023
Israeli troops uncovered the tunnel exit buried under a sand dune a few weeks ago.
—Dov Lieber, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2023
But in the early mornings of the 1990s, at the height of his powers as the world’s best martial artist, Gracie feared that sand dune.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
The beaches on this part of the coast are composed of fine, soft sand, which makes visiting the famed Dune du Pilat (the tallest sand dune in Europe) a must.
—Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
The landscape is beautiful and punishing by design: Think racing a motocross bike down a sand dune, then up a literal mountain, and continuing to do that for about two weeks.
—Molly Osberg, Curbed, 22 June 2023
Another fossil found in the 1970s in Mongolia shows two dinosaurs — predator Velociraptor and plant-eater Protoceratops — fighting about 80 million years ago before being buried alive, perhaps in a collapsing sand dune.
—Reuters, NBC News, 19 July 2023
In the premiere episode of the series, Austin navigated a daunting sand dune while driving around Nevada’s Sand Mountain.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 May 2023
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“Sand dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20dune. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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