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In the chaos, panicked families dove behind boulders or flattened themselves on the grass.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
This includes Sherburne-Marr’s Boulder Point subdivision on Warm Springs Mesa, where the company is building custom homes often highlighting and building around the natural boulders of the area.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2024, things improved: the IOC separated the hyper-specialized discipline of speed climbing, but kept lead and boulder lumped together.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The men were captured on video rolling boulders over a cliff at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, causing more than $1,000 in damage to the rock formation, McClatchy News reported.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
This includes Sherburne-Marr’s Boulder Point subdivision on Warm Springs Mesa, where the company is building custom homes often highlighting and building around the natural boulders of the area.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2024, things improved: the IOC separated the hyper-specialized discipline of speed climbing, but kept lead and boulder lumped together.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The men were captured on video rolling boulders over a cliff at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, causing more than $1,000 in damage to the rock formation, McClatchy News reported.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Boulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulder. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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