granite
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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
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 • Mar. 18, 2026
Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
But they don’t detect a brief touch on the granite itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing granite
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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