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Recent Examples of dune
After spending a few hours soaking up the sun, sail to nearby Sandy Spit, a perfect white dune emerging from the sea that makes for a perfect castaway experience (and a perfect snap for Instagram).
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
The Earth Tone Collection currently offers several neutral colors—desert sand, warm beige, dune taupe, washed khaki, dusty olive, soft clay, muted terracotta and light stone—and the clients can create other custom colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
The National Weather Service says strong winds could generate breaking waves of 8 feet causing dune erosion and road overwash.
—Mark Price
april 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
There was quite a bit of beach, and the dune went out quite a bit, 50-60 feet.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
The Earth Tone Collection currently offers several neutral colors—desert sand, warm beige, dune taupe, washed khaki, dusty olive, soft clay, muted terracotta and light stone—and the clients can create other custom colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
The National Weather Service says strong winds could generate breaking waves of 8 feet causing dune erosion and road overwash.
—Mark Price
april 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
There was quite a bit of beach, and the dune went out quite a bit, 50-60 feet.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dune
Noun
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Old Cheng was waiting patiently at the bottom of a steep mountain ridge as the minivans carrying our news team snaked their way through the Yan mountains to meet him.—
Erin Tan,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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The ridge of high pressure slides east, and rain chances return to the forecast by the weekend.—
Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The pickup overturned multiple times, veered off the roadway, went down an embankment and crashed into a tree, CHP officials said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
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In the footage, a rescuer is seen using a rope to reach the man by scaling down the side of the embankment, which dips hundreds of feet below the High Steel Bridge in northwestern Washington's Mason County.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Rose Island Lighthouse stands on a rocky heap of land in Narragansett Bay, guiding ships away from the shallow shoals of Newport Harbor.—
Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Manila has accused China of using force to block access by fishermen and the coast guard to the shoal, which used to be under Philippine control until 2012.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Marvin Key, 10 to 15 miles northeast of Key West, is an uninhabited island off the Lower Keys popular with weekend boaters for its beaches and sandbars.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
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Nosy Iranja, Madagascar Off the coast of Madagascar, a lowering tide reveals two tiny islets from a sandbar.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The whale turned out to be stranded on a nearby sandbank.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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In early April rescuers called off the effort to save the creature, which had repeatedly become stuck on sandbanks and seemed in bad physical shape.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The building is full of character, having at turns been home to a book press, bank, and, most appropriately, the founding headquarters of the Danish Spirit Producers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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They’ve then been asked for bank details, including account and routing numbers.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dune. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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