Noun : At this stage of his career the sands are running out. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to sand the ends of a board. ,to sand an icy road. ,The mischievous child sanded the sugar. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : The play was the sleeper of the season. From Dictionary.com.
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert. From Wordnik.com. [unbillable hours:] Reference
And oil sands is only one example in the mining sector. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Mining Industry: Investing in New Attitudes] Reference
The formation overlying the oil sands is so broken and creviced by ancient upheavals that the casings are not tight. From Wordnik.com. [Our Adventurers in Tampico] Reference
It is because the sands are the nearest and most visible planets we possess. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgotten Threshold] Reference
It is no wonder that now the ring on the sands is a dense one and constantly growing. From Wordnik.com. [A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life] Reference
On the sands were a few scattered people, and some children subdued to Sunday decorum. From Wordnik.com. [The Odd Women] Reference
So the sands are a going concern, and won't stop being so, I suspect, until they're gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
And beyond the sands was a sort of marsh, bushes and tall stark dead gum – trees, and a few thin – tufted trees. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
The Sasol move comes as Canada is increasing its production of oil from oil sands, which is clearly carbon-intensive. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The beach, though, wasn't entirely clean; bits of garbage were floating in the water, and the sands were a bit grubby. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
I was up in the oil sands of northern Alberta and I was scooping around the oil sands, which is sand with oil in it in these gloves. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference
(5 meter) tall structure uncovered under the sands was a pyramid. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
He pointed out that there were five reservoirs or "sands" down in the Macondo well, with differing qualities and pressures. From Wordnik.com. [What BP should have done] Reference
Rooted in sands that flit before the wind?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sceptic] Reference
"The sands are a calming, stabilizing force in the world, offering energy security. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
The water in the various layers, or "sands", flows independently of the other sands. From Wordnik.com. [Victoria Advocate stories: News] Reference
For some reason the underscores have been removed and the 'sands' between them has different script. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"We treat our oil sands, which is a major asset of the country, for all intents and purposes as nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Are the French celebrating on the sands of St-Tropez?. From Wordnik.com. [While The Sun Shines] Reference
Refugees are like sands scattered by hostile political winds. From Wordnik.com. [Wandering In The Wilderness] Reference
No oil flowed from beneath the sands, and Israel didn't exist. From Wordnik.com. [A Desert's Lion in Winter] Reference
That would include things like oil sands, oil shale and deepwater reserves. From Wordnik.com. [Q & A: Why Oil Will Get Cheaper] Reference
Were they the same city-an "Atlantis of the sands," as T.E. Lawrence put it?. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Atlantis Of The Sands'] Reference
Its ideas, Foreign Policy magazine had pronounced, "lie buried in the sands of Iraq.". From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Neocons] Reference
But the growing educational-achievement gap portends a monumental shifting of the sands. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gender Gap] Reference
Tar-sands oil is bad, unequivocally bad -- short-term, long-term, any term you want to take. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brune: The Vision Thing] Reference
BASK in the rays of Florida sunshine on the sands of South Beach and grab a snack at the News Cafe. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Dome Was A Dud] Reference
In the oil-saturated Arabian Peninsula, whole cities have erupted from the infernal sands to reach for heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To Paradise] Reference
Beneath the windblown sands of time each mound is actually a complex, pyramid-shaped structure built more than 4,000 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [New World Pyramids] Reference
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