boulder
Example Sentences
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In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.
From Science Daily
It is a twenty-mile downhill run through a river gorge studded with boulders and you run on an ice ledge steeply down, weaving in and out of the boulders for the whole distance.
From Literature
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We were in a draw with boulders on both sides of the trail.
From Literature
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“I would climb mountains and traverse dangerous cliff paths. I would poke my head into dark caves and push over heavy boulders.”
From Literature
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"They left my yard just a mud pile with all the boulders and rocks that they dug up from around the house," Hines said.
From BBC
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