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The plaque, installed in May 2024, is embedded in a boulder next to a bench near a grove of trees overlooking Point La Jolla.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Beach Park Fire Chief Tom Stahl and Winthrop Harbor Fire Chief Rocco Campanella sit, looking out at Lake Michigan, where a half-dozen boats trawl along the beachfront around the boulders of the breakwaters.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Near the monument that marks the site of the barn where Jews were killed, seven boulders with metal signs in Polish and English detailed a series of false claims, according to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
These boulders get mixed in with much finer sand and clay to form what’s called a till.
—Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Beach Park Fire Chief Tom Stahl and Winthrop Harbor Fire Chief Rocco Campanella sit, looking out at Lake Michigan, where a half-dozen boats trawl along the beachfront around the boulders of the breakwaters.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Near the monument that marks the site of the barn where Jews were killed, seven boulders with metal signs in Polish and English detailed a series of false claims, according to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
These boulders get mixed in with much finer sand and clay to form what’s called a till.
—Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
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“Boulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulder. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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boulder
noun
boul·der
ˈbōl-dər 
: a large detached and rounded or worn mass of rock
Geographical Definition
Boulder
geographical name
Boul·der
ˈbōl-dər
city northwest of Denver in north central Colorado population 97,385
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