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sand castle

British  

noun

  1. a mass of sand moulded into a castle-like shape, esp as made by a child on the seashore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“There’s something about making a movie,” he says, “that feels like building a sand castle with friends.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2024

“As soon as we started building the sand castle, we knew the tide was going to come in and wash it away.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2023

Another artwork was spotted on a wall outside the former Lowestoft Electrical shop on London Road North, which appears to show a child next to a sand castle.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2021

Hearst’s mansion is “a sand castle, an implausibility,” she writes.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2021

We passed a little boy and his mom doing a sand castle.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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