monolith
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It’s a satisfying celebration for a cultural monolith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the first experiment, the researchers placed a large crystal, known as the monolith, beside a regular rock of similar size.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rousey has criticised how much the UFC pays its fighters, saying she wants to help "challenge the monolith" it has become.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
It was the lunar monolith in front of them that gently redirected their small vessel of life around the natural satellite and toward home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
A moss-eaten stone monolith loomed over the road, fifty feet tall.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Yet tourists might find themselves entirely alone at Cromeleque dos Almendres which along with the smaller and less-visited Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio are mysterious mini-Stonehenge circles of planted stone monoliths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The monoliths that form the basis of the wall are similar to - but predate - the famous menhirs that dot the Brittany countryside and are associated with the Neolithic culture.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Research shows there has been a sharp increase in the number of independent booksellers, even though monoliths like Amazon still reign supreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
Dr. Crassard and his colleagues were overjoyed in 2015 when they found two stone monoliths with precise depictions of nearby desert kites in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
All around them, crooked monoliths of earth and ice burst upward, as if the ground were coming to life.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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