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Recent Examples of quarries
Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The Aswan region of stone quarries was the source of some of Egypt’s most famous monuments and the site of long-term power struggles with Kush.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Globally, more than one million children work in mines and quarries.
—Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Easdale was the hub of Scotland’s slate mining industry for much of the 1700s and 1800s, and a wealth of prime skimming stones lies around the island’s defunct, and in some cases, flooded quarries.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
Meisen says shallow water dives near Papeete also feature small sharks, healthy coral and sea turtles—none of which divers are likely to find in freshwater quarries.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
His team has recorded 800 seismic events using this fiber optic seismic observatory since September 2016, including signals from the recent Mexico earthquake and vibrations from blasting at quarries in the area.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2017
Verb
The Crotch quarries used to have some fifteen hundred workers.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The Aswan region of stone quarries was the source of some of Egypt’s most famous monuments and the site of long-term power struggles with Kush.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Globally, more than one million children work in mines and quarries.
—Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Easdale was the hub of Scotland’s slate mining industry for much of the 1700s and 1800s, and a wealth of prime skimming stones lies around the island’s defunct, and in some cases, flooded quarries.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
Meisen says shallow water dives near Papeete also feature small sharks, healthy coral and sea turtles—none of which divers are likely to find in freshwater quarries.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
His team has recorded 800 seismic events using this fiber optic seismic observatory since September 2016, including signals from the recent Mexico earthquake and vibrations from blasting at quarries in the area.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarries
Noun
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Meanwhile, a story from Indiana explains how one bird species skewers its prey on barbed wire, then returns for it later.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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As another new spooky season option, this new offering from Netflix is a survival series from the perspective of nature's prey.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The game asked children to order bunnylike creatures from shortest to tallest by clicking on their sneakers to swap their places.—
Celeste Kidd,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Guides aim to maintain at least a 100-meter (328-feet) buffer, but curious creatures don’t always comply.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Quarries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarries. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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