boulder

The Los Angeles neighborhood, which gets its name from a massive boulder in the hills that resembles the face of an eagle, is sandwiched between Pasadena and Glendale and two major freeways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I watch my 10 year old daughter Zena races through heather nearby, building boulder bridges over a cold stream, clinging to my brother as the Etive Mòr and Black Mount mountains rise behind them.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Larger incoming objects, such as boulder sized rocks that create especially bright flashes, are known as bolides or fireballs.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

The Zunis rained stones down on the invaders; one well-aimed boulder struck Coronado’s helmet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The rabbit zigged one last time around a scruffy boulder, ducked under an ancient century plant and stopped—dead—directly beneath the mare.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Before the building work started, the general was said to have rolled large boulders found at the summit - and ideally suit for construction - downhill.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Gantry cranes were washed away, silt and boulders jammed the headworks, and floodwaters entered the power house, knocking the plant offline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Once rescuers knew where the power stations were, Dix said they could then decide the best way to access them, which typically involves digging and "blasting boulders".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Photographs shared by the disaster office showed workers wading through churned mud and navigating vast boulders left by the floods.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The problem is that they also lie beneath enormous boulders, which may have fallen onto the wreck during a huge earthquake that struck Antikythera in the fourth century CE.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler