His walk looked jerky and a bit painful, as if he were stepping barefoot on hot sand.

NEWYORKER: Heirs

Houston was in agony, dealing with bare feet on the hot sand, and now on the black asphalt.

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The truth is that punitive, hysterical religions thrive, while soft, mystical ones must hide their scriptures somewhere in the hot sand.

NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal

The simple sandals can also shield feet against the beach's hot sand, which might otherwise cause skin to burn and blister on your walk to the water.

CNN: Flip-flops present feet with a painful problem

The tortoise, released, lumbered off, over the hot volcanic sand.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

When it is shaken in hot water, bitumen comes away from sand and is sent to a separation vessel to be skimmed off.

FORBES: Crude Awakening

The beach is buzzing in the summer but as the long hot days fade into autumn, the five-mile stretch of nearly white sand empties.

BBC: Corsica, by breathtaking and bumpy train

Iida said Fukushima Daiichi's reactors remain too hot to pour concrete, but he suggested pouring a slurry of minerals and sand over them to carry away heat before encasing them.

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