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quarry

[kwawr-ee, kwor-ee] / ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i /


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The Texas-based company said Tuesday that Virginia quarry operator Luck Stone will expand its use of autonomous haul trucks to two additional quarries following an 18-month autonomous hauling pilot at its Bull Run, Va., operation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

“Rhoda the unflappable,” as Leonie thinks of her, makes short work of locating her quarry in a run-down villa on the small Maltese island of Gozo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"In addition, as part of the planning process for the approved quarry extension, the location of mines and associated infrastructure was carefully assessed."

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The Breedon Group, owner of Taff's Well quarry, said it would support the authorities and carry out its own investigation.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Like Bristle’s quarry, the mouse darted back in at the sight of the fox.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

On another nearby property overlooking an ancient sea wall, excavations revealed two stone quarries "one Roman and the other Phoenician", she said.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

The site contains multiple fossil quarries that have been excavated for decades and continues to yield exceptionally preserved specimens from the Late Triassic.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Number two was Vulcan Materials, which operates rock quarries.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Not surprisingly, a perfect Sunday for Wareheim involves shopping for plants and perusing rock yards and quarries, though he won’t divulge exactly where.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2025

They grow up and work in the fields or in the quarries.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Most of the Aravallis lie in Rajasthan, and a quarter of the state's hills have been quarried, a 2018 Supreme Court-constituted committee found.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

The site was quarried for gravel and that revealed the prehistoric layers so the first dig could take place.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2024

Most of the material will be hauled away in dump trucks, which will make thousands of trips to return the rocks and earth to the original 37-acre pit where material was quarried for dam construction.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

“Besides, you don’t use stones to build barrows. Even if you did, you wouldn’t use quarried, finished stone like this. This was brought from a long ways off.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“It builds on our core quarrying competency, expands our geographic footprint and immediately establishes Martin Marietta as the leading national producer of lime solutions,” he said.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

“We anticipate this trend will continue, with a particular focus on areas such as mining, quarrying, construction and defense.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Jobs connected to mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction also saw strong wage growth, according to the analysis.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

The court heard that since the incident FP McCann, one of the largest quarrying companies in the UK, has invested, improved their risks assessments and taken remedial steps to ensure there is no repetition.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

All the other visible hills, including those facing me across the narrow valley, looked to be in good health, except where they had been scarred and gouged by quarrying or strip mining, which was regularly.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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