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quarry

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


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The group, which primarily produces its liquor in Latvia, bought up the depleted Cedar Creek Quarry in Bardstown, Ky., and planned to redevelop it into the Kentucky Owl Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Aside from his musical career, McManus has had a number of business interests including Cloburn Quarry in Lanark, a major supplier of ballast for Britain's railways.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Excavated within the Oulad Hamida Formation, Thomas Quarry I is already known for containing the oldest Acheulean tools in north-western Africa, dated to about 1.3 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

Thomas Quarry I sits within the raised coastal formations of the Rabat-Casablanca littoral, an area internationally recognized for its remarkably complete record of Plio-Pleistocene shorelines, dunes, and cave systems.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

Adina had gone to state twice with the Quarry Quarrelers debate team.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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