granite
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There stood an imposing granite structure, designed under French’s supervision by shingle-style modernist Bruce Price, that harmonized perfectly with the park wall and cobblestoned sidewalk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Cyclists completing the Whitehaven to Sunderland route are greeted with a view of Roker Lighthouse through an aperture, carved into a six-and-a-half-tonne slab of black granite.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 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
I climb onto the granite rock at the edge of the pond and look back at my house.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
Vocabulary lists containing granite
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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