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Recent Examples of quarry
Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Engine 68 recently got a call to a rock quarry to save a man who became trapped in machinery during an overnight shift.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
The residence sports locally quarried sandstone, wood flooring, arched doorways, and intricate iron railings.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There's a coquina quarry where laborers mined stones to build the majestic Castillo de San Marcos and other historic structures downtown.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Engine 68 recently got a call to a rock quarry to save a man who became trapped in machinery during an overnight shift.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
Mix grains of cobalt, mined in Labrador, with potash, quarried in Saskatchewan, and whisks of beaver tail, all of it steeped over sharp, jagged Yukon ice.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
The residence sports locally quarried sandstone, wood flooring, arched doorways, and intricate iron railings.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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Often, people who fall prey to scams don’t want to admit they could have been fooled — but that shame can in turn keep others in the dark.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2025
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Some quarterbacks have stronger arms, some have quicker releases, some can run, and some can improvise amidst the dangers of a defense that sees the quarterback as its prey.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2025
Verb
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Which is why Pete Carroll will likely ask his new right-hand man in Vegas to mine the infinite depths of the internet to find the video of that three-legged dog going full speed.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Tell me about mining all of those things that make up the gay millennial experience.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Future Boy delves into a specific time in Fox’s storied career: namely the year 1985, when the actor was steadily rising to fame as Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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But Sinners also delves into the loss of spirituality among many Black Americans.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
5 May 2025
Verb
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The most recent winners were Leeds indie band English Teacher, who scooped the prize with debut album This Could Be Texas in 2024.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
7 May 2025
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And the Phils scooped him up as an undrafted free agent.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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