sandcastle
Americannoun
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sandcastles
plural
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a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
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a plan or idea with little substance.
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TORRES: I equate it to building a sandcastle where you don’t really start out with a blueprint.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
But that whole life was gone in the fire, toppled like a sandcastle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
There's laughter, sandcastle construction and everyone - whether they're a captain of industry or a truck driver - is enjoying the great embrace of the ocean.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
But it also should have meant that the court rejected her case out of hand since it's built on a sandcastle of lies.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2023
Like most mothers, she wielded tremendous power and my staunch resolve would crumble like a sandcastle before her frontal assaults, which were like tidal waves.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
With dreams of this inheritance, you were building sandcastles in the sky, a future without any foundation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
The first, as old as time, the tide of the Balearic Sea, methodically erasing the day’s lovingly crafted sandcastles.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
Here, the Edgar can be seen chasing butterflies through Griffith Park, building sandcastles on Zuma Beach and falling asleep during Mass at Our Lady Queen of Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
"We just got here, so I'll look at the menu, get in the water, build some sandcastles with baby girl and then circle back in about an hour."
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023
Megan liked to build sandcastles and collect shells and play sand tennis and read magazines.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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