granite
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She left her backcountry campsite about 4:30 a.m. to reach Half Dome by 6 a.m., catching the sunrise at 8,800-feet elevation from the granite monolith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Construction appears ongoing at the site, which includes tunnels burrowing into the granite mountain from the east and west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"So now we're building a helipad, beautiful helipad, and it's got the seal of the White House on it -- in granite, carved granite, it's... really a beautiful thing," Trump told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Shannon, 11, was on a school residential trip on Dartmoor in Devon when her leg got trapped between enormous granite boulders on Hound Tor on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Everyone looked the same when they were cut out of granite and sandstone and their features were worn down to faded smiles and half-lidded eyes.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Vocabulary lists containing granite
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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