monolith
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In the first experiment, the researchers placed a large crystal, known as the monolith, beside a regular rock of similar size.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Where the surprise-released “GNX” was airtight, instantly repayable and quotable, this is just a melting monolith of Drake content.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Rousey has criticised how much the UFC pays its fighters, saying she wants to help "challenge the monolith" it has become.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The great monolith tilted and began to sink, grinding down through ancient layers of rock, ripping through them as though they were paper.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Prehistoric burial mounds, monoliths and ceremonial sites had long inspired wonder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
If the fish-trap hypothesis is the right one, then the lines of protruding monoliths would have also supported a "net" made of sticks and branches to catch fish as the tide retreated.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Research shows there has been a sharp increase in the number of independent booksellers, even though monoliths like Amazon still reign supreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
We know that none of our communities are monoliths, and the politicians who want to represent us should be able to engage with these ideological differences and articulate why they exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
All around them, crooked monoliths of earth and ice burst upward, as if the ground were coming to life.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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