Example Sentences

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The company’s construction-products arm—which includes 109 quarries and yards, nine asphalt plants and 19 terminals—recorded roughly 35 million tons of aggregates shipments last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Number two was Vulcan Materials, which operates rock quarries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But many sections of green belt today contain intensive farming units, industrial buildings, quarries and golf courses.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

When the FTC first moved against this practice with a 1973 rule, its quarries were 72 book clubs and four record clubs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

We coasted by the entrance to Halibut Point State Park where, some nights, Fred’s sisters swam in the quarries.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen