stone

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When AFP visited, explosions rang repeatedly through the burning hot air, as blasts split stone for mining.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Ch Supt Adam Hays had previously said Sussex Police would "leave no stone unturned" in their investigation.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The last verse of the song says it all: “You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone / Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t.”

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Sculpted into the eastern landscape, a series of stone terraces with a bluestone bar directly overlook Greenwich Cove and the vast protected expanse of Greenwich Point Park.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“Not bad, right?” came a voice, and I jumped and cracked my head hard on the stone ceiling.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin