crater

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Sharp, who worked at the Greenwich Royal Observatory and has a crater on the moon named after him, was also a mathematician who calculated pi to 72 decimal places.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Athena ended up in a frigid crater and tipped over, leaving its solar batteries unable to charge.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

AFP footage showed heavy damage to an apartment building, next to a crater formed in the ground.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Iran’s economic stagnation has worsened with a war that has devastated much of its infrastructure and may soon crater the oil industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

There was now a huge crater on the summit.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis