boulder
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Having squandered the good-will created by Sam Ryder's success, the BBC delegation now has the tricky task of pushing the boulder back up the hill.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
City crews placed a boulder over the manhole cover, a spokesperson who was at the scene Wednesday said but, by the following morning, the boulder had been moved.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Using this information, the AI identified important surface features such as bedrock, outcrops, boulder fields, and sand ripples.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026
Eilonwy had gone no great distance; he could see the glow of the sphere a few paces ahead, where the girl sat on a boulder in a clearing.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing boulder
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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