quarry

People living next to a quarry say their homes shake, pictures fall off the wall and their children are frightened each time huge rocks are blasted.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

It comes after a blast at another quarry six miles away forced people to flee their homes as a torrent of water flooded them.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

One-and-a-half boat lengths in front, Peterhouse’s quarry also moved into the stream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Francis Ngannou dropped out of school to work in a sand quarry at 10 years old and illegally migrated from Cameroon to France to pursue boxing, and went from homeless to heavyweight champion.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

I labeled his fins in my mind, the quarry water flowing through his gills.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The Welsh government said it had received the letter but as the responsibility for the regulation of active mines and quarries lies with the UK government, it couldn't comment.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Number two was Vulcan Materials, which operates rock quarries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Because my weekends often take me east to nurseries, rock yards and quarries, I usually end up at Boston Lobster, my favorite place to eat dinner in Alhambra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025

But many sections of green belt today contain intensive farming units, industrial buildings, quarries and golf courses.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

The platform was built of almost three million cubic yards of rock, much of it transported from mountain quarries fifty miles away.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Most of the Aravallis lie in Rajasthan, and a quarter of the state's hills have been quarried, a 2018 Supreme Court-constituted committee found.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

It has close connections with the slate trade which once dominated north west Wales' economy, with its harbour once used for the transport of slate quarried nearby.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

Twelve massive chunks of white stone were quarried there, transported in their raw state across the border and piled in six pairs adjacent to a Desert Hot Springs wind farm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025

According to Mega Cavern, enough limestone was originally quarried out to rebuild all three pyramids of Giza.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023

The first mice had built the Abbey of red sandstone quarried from pits many miles away in the north-east.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“It builds on our core quarrying competency, expands our geographic footprint and immediately establishes Martin Marietta as the leading national producer of lime solutions,” he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“We anticipate this trend will continue, with a particular focus on areas such as mining, quarrying, construction and defense.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Jobs connected to mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction also saw strong wage growth, according to the analysis.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Nant Gwrtheyrn, the National Welsh Language Centre, which itself occupies what was once a small slate quarrying village, is a short distance down the coast.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

All the other visible hills, including those facing me across the narrow valley, looked to be in good health, except where they had been scarred and gouged by quarrying or strip mining, which was regularly.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson