gravel
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Along Highway 190 between Stovepipe Wells and Furnace Creek, look for gravel ghost, phacelia, and Mojave desert star.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 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
The horses burst from the wooded trail into a small gravel parking lot.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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