stones

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“We are alone, men by ourselves picking up stones, beams, totally alone,” Sillie recounted on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The small nocturnal arachnid has been nicknamed the ballista spider after the ancient Roman siege weapon that launched bolts and stones using stored tension.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

"They may come in, for example, telling us they've lost two stones in weight, and we would hope they would have come sooner"

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

But some opt for less physically demanding escapism in the form of "congklak" -- a counting game using seeds or stones -- or "bola bekel", similar to jacks.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Sure enough, two lines of the strange stones, bent and knobbly like children tumbling and crawling, climbed off into the darkness.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda