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pebble

noun as in pellet

Strongest matches

noun as in stone

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Sybille Raphael, legal director of Protect, said NHS staff felt raising concerns was "like throwing a pebble in a dark hole", adding: "It's completely pointless."

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He adds, however, that claims of selective prosecution amount to a “pebble thrown in a very large lake”, compared to the broader issues at play.

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Keep your matches handy and organized with this multi-purpose pebble match strike that looks like two stones stacked on top of each other.

With coastal erosion and the warming climate, he said the beach and nearby properties were at risk without the protective pebbles in place.

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He said he had many moments over a two-week excavation where he thought he had discovered something, only for experts to tell him he had a knack for finding "shiny pebbles".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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