cairn
Example Sentences
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One person would stay at the first cairn while another would try to locate the next cairn.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
Scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague, in human remains - two in a mass burial in Somerset, and one in a ring cairn monument in Cumbria.
From BBC • May 31, 2023
I’ve been there myself, digging as deep as I could into the long and honorable history of my cairn terriers and Pomeranians.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021
In yet another reminder that we’re in Hollywood, on the other side of the stone wall stands a memorial to the cairn terrier that played Toto in the movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021
“Of course you can,” she replied, and in a loud voice asked for a volunteer to escort me back to the cairn.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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