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Recent Examples of dune
This stretch of Atlantic coast is the perfect crowd-free escape in the mornings: a long stretch of beach fringed by windswept dunes, with waves that are usually ridable.
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Mary Holland, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
Glass containers, fires, or metal detectors aren’t allowed, and visitors are asked to stay off the dunes and keep their distance from wildlife.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Indiana Dunes National Park offers beaches, dunes, and hiking trails along Lake Michigan.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Covered by the sands of time, buried by the scirocco of a new season, the golden edge of a Tiffany trophy poking through a dune as the Premier League nears on the horizon.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Mary Holland, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
Glass containers, fires, or metal detectors aren’t allowed, and visitors are asked to stay off the dunes and keep their distance from wildlife.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Indiana Dunes National Park offers beaches, dunes, and hiking trails along Lake Michigan.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Covered by the sands of time, buried by the scirocco of a new season, the golden edge of a Tiffany trophy poking through a dune as the Premier League nears on the horizon.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dune
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Yosemite Colfax Spring, Groveland, California Close to Yosemite National Park, this campsite on a ridge overlooking the Tuolumne River Canyon has sweeping views and is surrounded by cedar, pine, manzanita and seasonal wildflowers.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, hill peaks, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Preliminary information indicated serious injuries were reported after a vehicle went down an embankment, state police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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The rider was ejected onto the highway, and the motorcycle came to a rest on a dirt embankment next to the highway, Lopez said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
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Obviously, other nations would like to see that, and this is a perfect way to scuttle the USS America on the shoals of Iran.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Other nations would like to see that, and this is a perfect way to scuttle the U.S.S. America on the shoals of Iran.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
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Torch Lake in Michigan stuns with its clear turquoise water, deep glacial roots, and iconic summer sandbar scene.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
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The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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The Lido offers a walk through history and the sandbanks of central Wisconsin.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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At the opposite end of Luzon from the Reyes family, the village of Sula, Vinzons, in the Bicol region sits nestled on a sandbank barely 400 ft. wide separating the Pacific Ocean from tidal mangroves.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 2025
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The bank said its rate decision would be announced on July 30, following its regular MPC meeting.—
Nana Oye Ankrah,
semafor.com,
21 July 2025
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This change made bank reserves held at the Fed essentially interchangeable with short-term government debt.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dune. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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