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quarry

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


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The specimen was first uncovered by a retired chicken farmer, who had sourced rocks from a nearby quarry to build a garden retaining wall.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

He supported legal action against the UK government opposing levies on aggregates, before selling his stake in the quarry last year in a deal which he said was worth £70m.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 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

The water was dark and, in my mind, as bottomless as the quarry.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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