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cairn

[kairn] / kɛərn /




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One person would stay at the first cairn while another would try to locate the next cairn.

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2024

In Pollokshaws, where Maclean was from, he is remembered by a memorial cairn and a stained-glass window in the nearby library.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2024

“This dramatically oversized cairn is a mark of human impact and is distracting in a wilderness setting,” the post read.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

I’ve been there myself, digging as deep as I could into the long and honorable history of my cairn terriers and Pomeranians.

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2021

I let her go into the cairn first.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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