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boulder

[bohl-der] / ˈboʊl dər /
NOUN
megalith
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Having squandered the good-will created by Sam Ryder's success, the BBC delegation now has the tricky task of pushing the boulder back up the hill.

From BBC May 17, 2026

"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

In her first picture, she stood in a one-piece on a boulder, smiling, a waterfall pummeling behind her.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Using this information, the AI identified important surface features such as bedrock, outcrops, boulder fields, and sand ripples.

From Science Daily Jan. 31, 2026

At the bottom of a boulder she found the first victim.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Early in his career Noguchi was identified as a sculptor, known for modernist abstractions—enigmas in wood, stone, metals, plaster, ceramic and aluminum—that conjure totems, boulders, edifices and artifacts, while synthesizing Western and Eastern traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

So she hiked out to just beyond the Valley of the Moon trail, where the wire winds through piles of boulders.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

"VAR was introduced to, in Fifa's terminology, not to look for pebbles but look for boulders," former Scottish Premiership referee Bobby Madden told 5 Live.

From BBC May 14, 2026

Stream engineering aims to improve habitats and water flow, for example by building dams or placing boulders in a stream, and these efforts have cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2026

People were everywhere; some working in the quarry itself, others scattered about the hillside; the heftier among the men splitting boulders, the women and children chipping fragments off the larger stones.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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