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Contenders from around the world are converging on a tiny Scottish island for one of the country's most unlikely international sporting events - the world stone skimming championships.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In the first “Furious” episode, she explains how Medusa, the snake-haired demon who turns men to stone, got that way.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: This stone bath mat is absorbent and quick-drying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

On another nearby property overlooking an ancient sea wall, excavations revealed two stone quarries "one Roman and the other Phoenician", she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

The rocks became bigger, the trees smaller; then the trees were left behind entirely as they streamed out onto a stone flatness like nothing he’d ever known.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Eligible skimming stones must be able to pass through the "Ring of Truth"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Parton had canceled a planned Las Vegas engagement in May 2026, revealing that she was being treated for kidney stones as well as other undisclosed digestive and immune ailments.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Gold and silver inlay work and green agate stones complete the garment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Between 200,000 and 400,000 people are estimated to engage in artisanal mining in Colombia, with many families relying on the income from selling the precious metals and stones they find to make ends meet.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Jack immediately grabbed May and dove to the floor, barely dodging a bolt of lightning that incinerated the stones just above the Wolf King.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

"I am humbled yet again and reminded that I am human and I have flaws, but I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves."

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023

Naturally the righteous Susanna refused them, even though this meant she would be accused and stoned for adultery.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

After Mount Arafat, pilgrims will spend the night in Muzdalifah, where they will collect pebbles for the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina, starting on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● May 26, 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