quarry

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Which reminds me of another hapless cartoon character who thought himself a genius but who kept screwing things up in ceaseless pursuit of his quarry: Wile E. Coyote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Furthermore, Kentucky’s reclaimed mine and underground quarry sites offer ready access to utilities and roads, making them suitable for future industrial developments, including data centers, which can thrive in their naturally stable environments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Brown grew up near Middlesbrough, England, playing in a local rock quarry and climbing trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"We have collected over 50,000 fossil specimens from a single quarry that is 12 metres high, 30 metres long and eight metres wide," added the lead author of a new study in the journal Nature.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

All morning they had searched the quarry without any success.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques