rocks
Example Sentences
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The team now plans to expand its research to include rocks older than 200 million years, which contain many of the world's major rare earth mines and deposits.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
In between are Egyptian vultures, which use rocks to crack open ostrich eggs—genuine tool use—but when presented with rocks and chicken eggs simply cannot figure out what to do, suggesting a rather circumscribed “intelligence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He took the rocks out of the building a little bit at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He told police that he been walking ahead of his father when he heard the sound of rocks sliding and turned to see that Isak Andic had fallen.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Lloyd was chunking rocks at fence posts and diving in and out of the ditch with J.W.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
