granite

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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

Canadian women's skip Rachel Holman was pinged for a double-touch, as was Team GB's Bobby Lammie - both incidents not deliberate and the case of a lingering figure falling on to the granite.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

“Touching the granite at any time during the forward motion is not allowed,” the statement read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman