Example Sentences

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Boulders are strewn about the landscape like “rugged dice thrown and left by wagering giants.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Boulders at Stonehenge were taken to the monument's site by humans, rather than dragged there by glaciers, new scientific research claims.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

According to an open letter posted by staff at Hollywood Boulders, one of five Touchstone Climbing gyms in Southern California, a gym member on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

Boulders have blocked roads, making it difficult for rescue workers to reach the area.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

Back home, my local playground had a rock-climbing wall that I loved, and I’d been the best climber in my after-school program at Brooklyn Boulders.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth