boulder
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The location lies immediately behind a large upright boulder that researchers describe as a "prominent marker."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
One man rides a draft horse dragging a wooden harrow, weighted down by a boulder, to break up the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Olympic rock climbing champion Toby Roberts - who won gold in the boulder and lead event at Paris 2024 - was also made an MBE on Tuesday.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The boulder, roughly the size of a pickup truck, tumbled off into the fog like it had important business elsewhere.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Greenpeace has dropped nine boulders off the east coast of England to create a barrier that disrupts bottom trawling by fishing vessels.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
When asked if they had permission to drop the boulders, Greenpeace said this was a "last resort" for it, and it did not have a licence.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Instead of the relatively smooth terrain that earlier observations had suggested, the spacecraft found a rugged landscape dominated by enormous boulders, with very few areas suitable for collecting samples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
That was the case with hydraulic mining in the West, which involved aiming a torrent of water under high pressure to blast away soil and boulders to expose the underlying gold veins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I walked for nearly an hour before I found a wide stretch of water and a sandy beach, with boulders scattered about.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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