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Recent Examples of duneThe dynamic beach and dune habitats there are home to a whopping 370 different bird species, from migratory waterfowl to shorebirds to raptors.—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 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 See All Example Sentences for dune
Conversely, major troughs in the jetstream will form on either side of that giant ridge, one in the Pacific Northwest and another right over New England.
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Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Iceland emerged much later when a plume of unusually hot mantle rock arched the ridge up above the gathering waves.
Rose Island Lighthouse stands on a rocky heap of land in Narragansett Bay, guiding ships away from the shallow shoals of Newport Harbor.
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Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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.
Speaking in a Miami-Dade courtroom, Ella Adler's father, Matthew Adler, spoke about his daughter, who died near the Nixon Beach sandbar on May 11, 2024.
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Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
The beach boasts shifting sandbars that foster waves with surprisingly good swell.
Hippos grunt and grumble in the shallows, crocodiles sunbathe on sandbanks, elephants appear along the banks, while fish eagles call overhead as sunset approaches.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
The rooms The eight villas—of which four have views of the Philippine Sea and the ‘Naked Island’ sandbank on the horizon—have largely retained their pre-typhoon blueprint and wood-and-wicker decor.