as in beach
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
we went for a moonlight walk on the sands
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as in rubs
to make smooth by friction
painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house
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beach
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On Copacabana Beach, Lady Gaga put on a sensational show on par with the one Madonna did on the same beach in May 2024.—
Mario Manca,
Glamour,
4 May 2025 -
Re: Plan to replace basketball courts with pickleball on Fort Lauderdale beach sparks backlash Thank you for this article by Susannah Bryan.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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“Sands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sands. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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