: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
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We wandered over the dunes.
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Finally, as the name suggests, sunrise and sunset are spectacular times to behold the dunes blushing coral pink—another reason to consider camping here for a night or two.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
At the corral site near mile marker 45, halfway down the beach on Padre Island, a July evening breeze sweeps through the dunes.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The highlight of her ride was the exhilarating rush of speeding over the dunes, with the pyramids rising dramatically in the distance.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
While searching the dunes built along a road originally heading toward a power plant, archaeologists also found the remains of a Red Army soldier who was killed in March 1945, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
At the corral site near mile marker 45, halfway down the beach on Padre Island, a July evening breeze sweeps through the dunes.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The highlight of her ride was the exhilarating rush of speeding over the dunes, with the pyramids rising dramatically in the distance.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
While searching the dunes built along a road originally heading toward a power plant, archaeologists also found the remains of a Red Army soldier who was killed in March 1945, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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