boulder
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Company dancer Lloyd Knight, costumed as the Preacher in “Spring” and captured in a determined stance on a boulder, faces the book’s last page, which quotes Graham: “Dancers are the messengers of the gods.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
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
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The man by the boulder was certainly in need of healing, so she removed the containers from Baba Joseph’s pack and gave the injured prophet as much as he could swallow.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
In another dry sauna, they heat boulders overnight so they emit heat continuously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The asteroid's boulders might contain far more empty space than scientists had assumed, allowing them to lose heat faster than ordinary solid rocks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Several boulders were displaced and out of the way.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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