sandhills vs strand

sandhills

strand

verb
  • To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. 

  • To form by uniting strands. 

  • To break a strand of (a rope). 

  • To run aground; to beach. 

  • To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base. 

noun
  • A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. 

  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach. 

  • A small brook or rivulet. 

  • A passage for water; gutter. 

  • A nucleotide chain. 

  • A string. 

  • A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject. 

  • An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread. 

  • A street. 

  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. 

  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. 

How often have the words sandhills and strand occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )