They brought sand to the beach to build a larger sandcastle for the competition.

After months of missed deadlines, the manager, drawing a line in the sand, announced that late submissions would no longer be accepted.

After repeated safety violations, the new CEO draws a line in the sand and implements stricter protocols.

When the contractor ignored the safety rules, the site manager drew a line in the sand and stopped all work until they complied.

Grange-over-Sands, a picturesque town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, attracted visitors to its coastal promenade.

In times of crisis, it's tempting to put one's head in the sand, but action is necessary.

One can't just stick one's head in the sand and hope the problem will go away.

To bury one's head in the sand is to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation, and that won't make the problem disappear.

red-banded sand wasps excavate tunnels in loose soil to lay their eggs.

The red-banded sand wasp skillfully dragged its paralyzed caterpillar into the burrow to provision its nest.