: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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On Monday, January 13, the National Park Service revealed that a motorist had illegally driven onto the dunes sometime in late December or early January.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
The dunes eventually kneeled to the Atlantic, stretching out as a broad, empty beach pierced with totems of petrified tree trunks.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Then, from the depths of a CGI dune, emerges a smart ring.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
They’re easily seen on Cumberland’s shore, grazing in the dunes to catch sea oats or scrubby vegetation on the island’s 18 miles of untouched beach.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
The dunes eventually kneeled to the Atlantic, stretching out as a broad, empty beach pierced with totems of petrified tree trunks.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Then, from the depths of a CGI dune, emerges a smart ring.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
They’re easily seen on Cumberland’s shore, grazing in the dunes to catch sea oats or scrubby vegetation on the island’s 18 miles of untouched beach.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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dune
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: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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