boulder
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Michael Koman, the show’s other creator, adds: “Generally, running a newspaper is like pushing a boulder uphill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Glassock describes the facilitator’s job as pushing a boulder: “It’s hardest when it’s yet to move,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
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
The ball felt like a boulder to me then.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
Upper Trishuli 1 was constructed for water flows, not a massive debris-laden surge like in the August disaster, with boulders as big as 25 feet across, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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
Its stone fireplace comes to rest on what appear to be colossal boulders deposited by the last vagabond glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
We maneuver over slick boulders and smooth white driftwood logs.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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