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
"It was just timing. The boulder that actually took Jack, it could have gone in a week's time, a year's time - it just happened to go then and there."
From BBC ● May 26, 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
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
There, below a big red boulder shaped like a sleeping auroch, lay two drowned wolves like sodden fur cloaks.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Videos showed men using phone torches to search for survivors beneath boulders, sand and collapsed tents.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Greenpeace said that, external after dropping the two-tonne boulders, it had called "the authorities to tell them the coordinates of each placement, and they update maps to inform other vessels".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Crews are installing boulders to separate the roadway from the waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Scientists had previously considered whether the asteroid's boulders might be extremely porous, with a soft, fluffy, or even sponge-like internal structure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
After months and months of traveling, navigating around the various boulders of this rock formation, I reach the large mesa.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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