shingle
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We hung out an enormous “for sale” shingle and put just about everything on the market.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Leonard said one of the main species the initiative aimed to protect was the ringed plover, a small coastal bird that nests directly on beaches and shingle.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
My family lived in East Highland Park, Va., just outside of Richmond, in an 800-square-foot house clad in gray asphalt shingle siding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
“We didn’t lose a single shingle in the last windstorm we had with all the fires.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
The sea was so calm that when it broke upon the shingle in the cove it was like a whisper, hushed and still.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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