stone
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The U.K. government has said it wants the platform to “act as a stepping stone for companies eyeing a listing in future preparing and easing the journey to an IPO.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Just because you cannot mimic your friends’ career paths doesn’t mean your own is set in stone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Excavation by archaeologists further revealed an ancient stone cairn.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s about his obsession with “Minecraft,” the immensely popular video sandbox game that takes place in a world of 3D cubes representing raw materials such as wood, ores, stone and dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I leaped out of my chair, and it tipped backward and hit the stone floor with an earsplitting bang.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
When combined with the system of another free game created by Hazelden, Skipping Stones to Lonely Homes - where players throw stones into water to create paths - brand-new puzzle opportunities suddenly arise.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“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
"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
Outside I picked up two stones, one triangular and one perfectly round.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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
The costumes are shining because the seamstress stoned them.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
But the more I thought about the whole affair, the faster I walked, till finally I was almost trotting, as if any minute I half-expected to be stoned from all directions.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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
It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
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
“Well, he did. And it’s stood all this time and not a single scratch to it. Not until you started stoning it.”
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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