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boulder

[bohl-der] / ˈboʊl dər /
NOUN
megalith
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Homeowners in Dana Point are working to install emergency protection from the onslaught of waves, including a boulder barrier, according to the statement from the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Glassock describes the facilitator’s job as pushing a boulder: “It’s hardest when it’s yet to move,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

"It was just timing. The boulder that actually took Jack, it could have gone in a week's time, a year's time - it just happened to go then and there."

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Larger incoming objects, such as boulder sized rocks that create especially bright flashes, are known as bolides or fireballs.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

The feeling in my stomach is replaced by a boulder thinking of the things I’m trading for this.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Soon they’d fill with water, and with what writer McPhee called “rock porridge,” a cold rolling lava of mud and debris and boulders the size of Volkswagens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Gantry cranes were washed away, silt and boulders jammed the headworks, and floodwaters entered the power house, knocking the plant offline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Then it gathers shape and speed: water, mud, boulders, ice and rock surging down the valley.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Once rescuers knew where the power stations were, Dix said they could then decide the best way to access them, which typically involves digging and "blasting boulders".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Ellidyr, standing up to his knees in the rushing water, commanded Taran, Eilonwy, and Gurgi to post themselves on either side of the Crochan and keep it from slipping back against the boulders.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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