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synonyms for quarry

  • aim
  • chase
  • game
  • objective
  • prey
  • prize
  • quest
  • victim
  • ravin
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“There were a lot of farmworkers’ houses and people who worked at the quarry,” she said.
THE PAST WILL BE PRESENT AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S VIRTUAL HISTORY CONFERENCEJOHN KELLYJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Our sights are set far smaller—bluegills, crappie, and perch, the perfect first quarry for a beginner.
THE HAPPINESS AND HEARTBREAK OF A DAUGHTER’S FIRST FISHING TRIPBY JONATHON KLEIN/FIELD & STREAMDECEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Photos from 1992 and 2001 document pieces in which the Scotland-based artist froze rocks to a quarry face and laced a stone wall with large icicles.
IN THE GALLERIES: WHERE ARTISTS ENGAGE WITH THE EARTHMARK JENKINSDECEMBER 4, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Like a rock quarry or a cable television provider, regional casinos are inherently good businesses.
VALUATION: CASINO STOCKS GOT CLOBBERED BY COVID-19. THIS ONE IS NOW AN ATTRACTIVE BETMATTHEWHEIMEROCTOBER 18, 2020FORTUNE
You’ll find waterfalls and dinosaur tracks near this RV-friendly site, which is perched on the edge of a former quarry, a national historic landmark that’s now a lake.
OUR FAVORITE HIPCAMP IN EVERY STATEALISON VAN HOUTENOCTOBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Here is a gold-mine for the makers of boys' books of all future generations to quarry in.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUS
Now it happened that these steps of the dwarfs adjoined a deserted stone quarry less than a mile from the castle of Clarides.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCE
No man who ever was in a quarry or gravel pit will say so, much less one who has the least smattering of chemistry or geology.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARD
Nor can one who in pumping out his quarry frees another quarry from water recover anything for the service.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
On one occasion (we are not told the date or place) the hunter nearly became a prey to his quarry.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELL
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