cairn
Example Sentences
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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
“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
Mr Cassie was involved in the construction of a Jubilee cairn in Ballater featuring 60 stones from 30 hills.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022
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
One by one we ducked into the cairn, disappearing from that calm summer night.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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