boulder
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Having squandered the good-will created by Sam Ryder's success, the BBC delegation now has the tricky task of pushing the boulder back up the hill.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Larger incoming objects, such as boulder sized rocks that create especially bright flashes, are known as bolides or fireballs.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
City crews placed a boulder over the manhole cover, a spokesperson who was at the scene Wednesday said but, by the following morning, the boulder had been moved.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Only the man who had fallen off the boulder needed to be carried back to Sister Gladys’s hospital, and to be on the safe side a litter was used for Baba Joseph as well.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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