granite
Example Sentences
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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
The data matched what scientists would expect from a massive granite body hidden below the ice.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
In May 2025, Shannon “SJ” Joslin was among a group of climbers who ascended the El Capitan granite formation and hung a 55-foot-by-35-foot flag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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
One hundred thirty of us were positioned shoulder to shoulder around the outline that had been drawn on the granite.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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