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stone

[stohn] / stoʊn /


NOUN
small hard seed
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Among its more luxurious amenities are a “stunning chef’s kitchen,” a circular stone staircase that leads to a “custom built wine cellar,” and a stunning pool area in the backyard.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Set decorator Tina Jones has used various artisans from a glassblower to a potter to a stone mason to augment the sets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

A commemorative stone is to be laid in London in honour of the late Mobo founder Kanya King, to mark the 30th anniversary of the music ceremony.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Our legacy is what we build with our lives through the people we touch, not at a stone in the middle of a field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Souilly was barely a hamlet surrounded by farmland, a cluster of small cottages spoking out like a wheel from a modest stone town hall.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Many visit the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, which contains Irving’s grave, Mr. Ocker notes, as well as the remains of Carnegies, Rockefellers and Astors, among “lush hills studded with old stones, mausoleums, and statues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Quince offers both lab-grown and natural stones which come with a grading report, the aforementioned return policy and a warranty.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Living shorelines, such as those along the Orange and San Diego county coasts, involve piling sand atop boulders or smaller stones and covering the berms with vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The stones from the drain along with fragments of pottery will be examined further by specialists.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

There was a circle of stones from years past for our fire.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

The British ambassador registered a protest, the American Embassy in Paris was stoned, and Canada sued the United States for over $386,000.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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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