Recent Examples on the WebClasping warea evolved to exist nearly only on a portion of the Lake Wales Ridge, a skinny, 110-mile-long ancient dune line running north and south along the center of the state from Lake Placid to north of Clermont. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 The periphery of the aircraft was accented by several Myers Manx dune buggies, both original examples and the new one Sarofim developed with designer Freeman Thomas after taking ownership of the name. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2022 The tour ended atop a shallow dune, where lodge staff had set up a plastic table with a white tablecloth, gin, tonic, ice, and white wine, to toast the sunset. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Most of the off-road action happens around a palatial, 300-foot-tall dune called Oldsmobile Hill.Outside Online, 16 June 2021 Inhaling the smell of salt and damp, Maxine McLeod Miller began to stroll along the dune.CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022 If your succulents arrive in a crowded arrangement, pluck them out carefully and give them their own spacious mini desert dune. Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Contemporary dune buggies, mostly built from sheet steel and having no compound curves, were ugly as sin.Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Nearly six decades ago, an enterprising Bruce Meyers conjured a custom vehicle that transformed VW components into go-anywhere dune buggies. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022 See More
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French, from Old French, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English dūn down — more at down