boulder
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Having squandered the good-will created by Sam Ryder's success, the BBC delegation now has the tricky task of pushing the boulder back up the hill.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
The Zunis rained stones down on the invaders; one well-aimed boulder struck Coronado’s helmet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
In her first picture, she stood in a one-piece on a boulder, smiling, a waterfall pummeling behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
All the nerves and guilt and fear that’d been building and sitting heavy as a boulder fell away.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
It will use one of its ships to drop boulders onto the seabed creating physical barriers to restrict access.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Stream engineering aims to improve habitats and water flow, for example by building dams or placing boulders in a stream, and these efforts have cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
I grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., where my family lived in a one-story, brown-stucco house that had mostly boulders and dirt in the backyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
After months and months of traveling, navigating around the various boulders of this rock formation, I reach the large mesa.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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