: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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Lithuania Dividing the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon, this 60-mile peninsula is a place of shifting dunes, sleepy fishing villages, and forest trails where wild boar sometimes wander.
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Pictures show the wooden ribs of the ship poking out of the dunes, still miraculously well-preserved 230 years later.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
An elevated boardwalk and trail located at Ludington State Park, Skyline Trail, along a half-mile wooded ridge walk with sweeping views of the open dunes at the south end of the park, according to the DNR.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
Decades later, in 2019, Irishman Shane Lowry—buoyed by a dazzling third-round 63—won his first major in runaway fashion on these same dunes, igniting a raucous celebration across the island.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Pictures show the wooden ribs of the ship poking out of the dunes, still miraculously well-preserved 230 years later.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
An elevated boardwalk and trail located at Ludington State Park, Skyline Trail, along a half-mile wooded ridge walk with sweeping views of the open dunes at the south end of the park, according to the DNR.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
Decades later, in 2019, Irishman Shane Lowry—buoyed by a dazzling third-round 63—won his first major in runaway fashion on these same dunes, igniting a raucous celebration across the island.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 1 Sep. 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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