granite
Example Sentences
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US President Donald Trump has continued his makeover of the White House, adding a statue of Christopher Colombus and laying new black granite paving stones on the famed West Wing colonnade.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
The data matched what scientists would expect from a massive granite body hidden below the ice.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
Park on the west end of the parking lot to access the decomposed granite path leading to the 1.17-acre habitat garden.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
However, the clank of granite went against them in the seventh, an unfortunate bounce leaving Canada the chance of three, which they gladly took.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
She was surrounded on three sides by walls of granite, perfect matches to the ceiling overhead.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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