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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The shooting occurred hours before the Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup parade on the beach.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025 -
Yes, loudly take that Stanley Cup to the beach again, into the nightclubs again, to the neighbor’s house at 5 a.m. again and all down a parade that somehow topped last year’s parade.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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“Sands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sands. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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