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Recent Examples of dune
The region has transitioned from a productive agricultural center to a semiarid zone due to a rapid decline in groundwater levels and the emergence of desert-like dune formations.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
All of the Texas coastline is considered public land, from the water to the dune line.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
With lawns, herb gardens, ballrooms and waterfront dune cottages, the resort can host lavish ceremonies of any size.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
As this occurs, wave runup and ocean overwash are forecast to develop, especially across the more vulnerable areas of Hwy 12 near Pony Pens where weakened dune structures are noted.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
All of the Texas coastline is considered public land, from the water to the dune line.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
With lawns, herb gardens, ballrooms and waterfront dune cottages, the resort can host lavish ceremonies of any size.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
As this occurs, wave runup and ocean overwash are forecast to develop, especially across the more vulnerable areas of Hwy 12 near Pony Pens where weakened dune structures are noted.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dune
Noun
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The National Weather Service says the ridge keeping California dry since last month is beginning to weaken.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Drier weather late week A ridge of high atmospheric pressure will build over South and Central Texas from Wednesday afternoon through Friday, bringing partly cloudy skies and near-record highs.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office tried to stop the vehicle, but a brief pursuit ensued before the suspect vehicle crashed into an embankment near Hillsdale Boulevard and Greeholme Drive, police said.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Local news reports confirmed the student’s car was found down a large embankment off of Malibu Canyon Road near Pepperdine University.—
Tarek Fattal,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Waters off the point are treacherous, including colliding currents, shoals and sandbars.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2026
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The park service first documented zebra mussels during a training dive at the SS Sevona shipwreck off the Sand Island shoal in 2015.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Hollis was paddling to a sandbar and attempted to jump and push his board over a wave when he was bitten.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More than seven miles long and up to half a mile wide, the Kniepsand sandbank that faces the open sea shifts slightly every year.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Herald’s data show these already densely populated sandbanks are growing skyward to pack in more people: A third of all housing on barrier islands is now in buildings with more than 50 units.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
15 Dec. 2025
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Another Jefferson County circuit judge, Jessica Green, last year drew local and national criticism after granting shock probation to a 32-year-old man accused of abducting a mother and two children and stabbing the mother during a bank robbery.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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Even with large battery banks, diesel-electric submarines eventually need to recharge.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dune. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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