gravel
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Within the monument, most of the roads are gravel or dirt, and there is no drinkable water, no food, no gas and spotty cellphone coverage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
SUVs idle in the gravel shoulders, with camera cables snaking out of their doors and across the asphalt.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
"It is very significant but it's part of an ongoing trend at beaches along the south coast, of gravel and sand being moved from the western end, to the eastern end."
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
Not far away was a washout and the bottom was covered with gravel.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing gravel
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