boulder

Example Sentences

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Residents at the time described seeing slurry carrying "trees and big boulders", and buildings left deep in sludge and mud.

From BBC

It stretches for miles in either direction through jagged peaks as it winds around the edges of cliffs and dips past piles of boulders left over from frequent rockslides.

From New York Times

The famous scene of Indiana Jones being chased by a huge boulder was one of Reynolds' ground-breaking designs.

From BBC

Signs of tensions over dam construction are visible on the national highway in Kinnaur: There are warnings about loose boulders on mountain walls, and ancient trees are painted with red crosses marking them for felling.

From Seattle Times

Now the boulders, reconfigured a bit but still weighing some 225 tons, surround a different, crescent-shaped reflecting pool, in an open space on the campus of American University.

From New York Times