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boulder

[bohl-der] / ˈboʊl dər /
NOUN
megalith
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He also provided entertainment, including a child playing Beethoven on piano outside the boulder, for people who flocked to the conventions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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

"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

I beam my laser down to analyze the boulder.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

Living shorelines, such as those along the Orange and San Diego county coasts, involve piling sand atop boulders or smaller stones and covering the berms with vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

Towering granite boulders smoothed over millions of years frame powder-white sand and turquoise water so clear it looks tinted: That’s Anse Source d’Argent, one of the Seychelles’ dozens of beaches scattered across 115 islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

There were cliffs and canyons and fields of boulders, and in the middle of it all was the glacier.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown


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