pebble
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Yet as I wrangled them into my closet, something kept nagging at me like a pebble in an insole: Bernie Sanders’ eye-rolling dismissal outside the Senate elevator.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
That’s what the creator of the chain Swig calls spiking Coke, Mountain Dew or Dr Pepper with fruit purées and flavored creams, served in plastic cups stuffed with pebble ice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
“You throw a pebble in New York, you hit someone in therapy,” she laughs.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
A Neanderthal man is believed to have dipped his finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Mini reached for a small pebble on the ground.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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