boulder
Example Sentences
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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
In her first picture, she stood in a one-piece on a boulder, smiling, a waterfall pummeling behind her.
From Los Angeles Times
A few miles upriver, at Lock 10 on the old canal, workers were busy removing boulders so they could eventually reach the damaged pipe.
The door began moving, slowly this time, like it was an ancient boulder covered with a thousand years of moss.
From Literature
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