granite
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Beneath its parasol of trees, the memorial remains the most tranquil of civic sites, welcoming visitors to pause on granite benches slightly elevated above a mosaic tiled floor meant to evoke a classical temple.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
A section of granite blocks, measuring roughly four meters high and six meters wide, appears unusually smooth and polished.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
US President Donald Trump has continued his makeover of the White House, adding a statue of Christopher Colombus and laying new black granite paving stones on the famed West Wing colonnade.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double-touch, as was Team GB's Bobby Lammie - both incidents not deliberate and the case of a lingering figure falling on to the granite.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
We were ordered to raise the dolerite over our head and slam it down against the surface of the granite.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing granite
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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