stones
Example Sentences
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Small bladder stones, sized like grains of sand, can pass on their own.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The president has weighed in on paving stones, marble, flagpoles and other aesthetic details around the White House as he reshapes the presidential grounds.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We show that enculturated chimpanzees can distinguish crystals from other stones," said lead author Prof Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, an Ikerbasque Research Professor on crystallography at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
I followed the path to the crossroads and stopped to scoop up two stones, one white and one blue, to take with me for Patch.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
