You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).

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The red dirt gave way to smooth, egg-shell-white sand.

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Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

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Given the extent to which sand, tar or murderous thugs get in the way of petroleum production, it's no surprise that Shell's engineers see salvation in natural gas.

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