boulder
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"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 Zunis rained stones down on the invaders; one well-aimed boulder struck Coronado’s helmet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Dicey watched him scramble to the top of a rounded boulder and stand up.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
It will use one of its ships to drop boulders onto the seabed creating physical barriers to restrict access.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
With parting the sea for “The Ten Commandments” and then the boulders coming down the hill during the rockslide?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Stream engineering aims to improve habitats and water flow, for example by building dams or placing boulders in a stream, and these efforts have cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Somehow, creaky tiled houses have been wedged here between enormous outcroppings of glacial boulders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Some stretches of road resembled a dry riverbed; other places were strewn with boulders or eroded down to rough bedrock.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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