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[sand-stohn] / ˈsændˌstoʊn /


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"The film Kevin has written shows Glasgow in a warm light, literally and figuratively. The red sandstone flats, Kelvingrove, the pubs – it's all there."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In close proximity to the sandstone peaks of Zion National Park, St. George has a bustling downtown for travelers to return to after a day of hiking.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

The level of detail rivals that of the world's best fossil sites formed in shale or sandstone.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

Next to them, sandstone gods with eight hands who sit cross-legged on lotus flowers watch over the temple ponds.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Sedimentary rocks like sandstones form when preexisting rocks break down into bits that pile up and stick together to form a new rock.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

The buried monument is two large sandstones with "cup marks" cut into their upper surfaces dating back to the Bronze Age.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

During our dawn scramble across the rocks, we had spotted numerous coal beds sandwiched between the sandstones and mudstones in the lower rock levels.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2022

At Aniakchak, he is most interested in the gray mudstones and yellowish sandstones stacked on each other like layers of a cake.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

Their bodies worked rhythmically back and forth, and the sandstones produced a series of harsh, grating screeches that caused icy trickles to run down Ranofer’s spine and set his teeth to aching.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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