quarry
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The specimen was first uncovered by a retired chicken farmer, who had sourced rocks from a nearby quarry to build a garden retaining wall.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Brown grew up near Middlesbrough, England, playing in a local rock quarry and climbing trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
He supported legal action against the UK government opposing levies on aggregates, before selling his stake in the quarry last year in a deal which he said was worth £70m.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Han said his team was also surprised that some of the animals in the quarry had also been found at Canada's Burgess Shale site, which dates from an early period of the Cambrian explosion.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
The fire spat fat sparks up at pines lining the quarry, up at the moon.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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