gravel
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Jonas looks around, taking in every detail of the trees, sky and gravel.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
In the tests, the team dropped marbles into sand that contained scattered pieces of painted gravel representing boulders on Dimorphos.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
SUVs idle in the gravel shoulders, with camera cables snaking out of their doors and across the asphalt.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
But it’s taken years to study him and clean off his sticky goo, a naturally occurring asphalt mixture of sand, gravel, clay and crude oil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
I slide down the gravel and land in the hole, and there’s something down here—oh, gross!
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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