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The team also experimented with a simpler approach that involved burning birch bark near a solid surface, such as a stone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
He was taught to read by an adult education project - and he proudly shows the copy of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that has become his own stepping stone to literacy.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
In Senegal, fishmeal has put local fishers out of work, so they increasingly are selling — or repurposing — their boats to ferry migrants to Spain’s Canary Islands, a stepping stone to Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Just because you cannot mimic your friends’ career paths doesn’t mean your own is set in stone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
‘Renn!’ he yelled as he pushed himself off the stone.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
“You can’t leave any stones unturned because he can make all the throws, and he’s got the ability to extend plays with his feet or make plays with his feet,” Hitschler said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In a cyberwar, the United States has much bigger stones but much glassier houses.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I couldn't stay in my seat anymore. The windows partially shattered, the stones from the track came into the carriage. It was really shocking. I'm still shaking," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The windows partially shattered, the stones from the track came into the carriage. It was really shocking. I'm still shaking."
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
He points in the other direction down a narrow road, clotted with stones.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop of a war that has plunged the wealthy Gulf into crisis.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The first Sunday service after the arrests, streamed from pastors outside the mainland, included a meditation on the biblical account of Stephen, the first-century disciple stoned to death for his faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025
Trailing 27-24 early in the fourth quarter, Oregon was stoned on third-and-9 from its own 36-yard line, when Bo Nix attempted a quarterback keeper and was swallowed by UW edge Bralen Trice instead.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
The last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears, not touching him.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
McNish says virginity is a man-made myth created by those in power, in times that "also spoke positively of slavery and stoning".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Jackson’s lottery stoning takes place on a sunny June day, in contrast to the apocalyptic storm’s nighttime arrival on “Widow’s Bay,” forcing everyone into an underground shelter.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, symbolically stoning the devil near Mecca.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
What’s funny about the inspiration is that I had a whole ’nother outfit planned, and with the help of a friend, she’s stoning some things for me, but that didn’t come through today.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
My mother left China in the winter of 1939, almost six months after the stoning, and arrived in New York Harbor in January, 1940.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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