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granite

[gran-it] / ˈgræn ɪt /


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Bright pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica have led scientists to a remarkable discovery.

From Science Daily

Park on the west end of the parking lot to access the decomposed granite path leading to the 1.17-acre habitat garden.

From Los Angeles Times

Iran’s “regime was trying to reconstitute its weapons program at a different site” before the war, he said, “protected by granite.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The former Park Service employee claims free speech violations after organizing climbers for the display at El Capitan granite formation.

From The Wall Street Journal

She set off down a shadowed path, wandering alone past obelisks, stone angels, and granite buildings in this city of the dead.

From Literature