gravel
Example Sentences
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Sixty miles from Julian, I turn onto Bannister Road and bump north along a gravel track for three miles into the basin, to a parking lot 164 feet below sea level.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The Opel Blitz was stuck fast in the deep gravel bed, almost up to its axles.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
SUVs idle in the gravel shoulders, with camera cables snaking out of their doors and across the asphalt.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
The gravel crackled under my wheels as I braked in our driveway.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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