gravel
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The house is tucked down a long, gravel driveway, surrounded by nature, which Monson de Kansky says is the most important thing she’s learned to appreciate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Martin Marietta specializes in supplying heavy building materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel and asphalt used across infrastructure, including highways and sidewalks, and in construction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The first project is a roughly 500-mile all-season gravel road in the Northwest Territories, connecting its capital Yellowknife with Inuvik, Canada’s largest town north of the Arctic Circle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
A pitch in Cambodia where the turf was just the part of the ground with the least gravel.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
“We shoveled gravel through sieves for seven full hours with a half-hour break for lunch.”
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing gravel
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