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Recent Examples of quarry
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Its back nine is carved into an old shale quarry – several of the holes are quirky but in a lovable way – and its final holes finish right on the edge of Little Traverse Bay.
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Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
On display were limestone pieces exhibiting the material quarried, and a record book loaned for the event by the Metro Nashville Register of Deeds documenting purchase and sale of human beings at a slave market located at the time just blocks from the Capitol site.
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Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Noun
The marble for the restoration was sourced from the Dionyssos quarry and funded through what the Acropolis Restoration Service referred to as the Recovery & Resilience Fund 2022-2025.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Its back nine is carved into an old shale quarry – several of the holes are quirky but in a lovable way – and its final holes finish right on the edge of Little Traverse Bay.
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Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Verb
It can be found all over the world, and once quarried, is used as stackable rocks, bricks, panels, or crushed into gravel to be used as aggregate in concrete.
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Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
On display were limestone pieces exhibiting the material quarried, and a record book loaned for the event by the Metro Nashville Register of Deeds documenting purchase and sale of human beings at a slave market located at the time just blocks from the Capitol site.
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Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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Many individuals fall prey to emotional pitfalls like fear, greed, or shame, leading to impulsive spending, credit card debt, and neglecting long-term goals like retirement.
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Cod are slow to grow and reproduce, and the effects of climate change—warming their waters and reducing their preferred prey—didn’t help.
Verb
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Since being mined, the stone has been viewed as part of the country’s collective narrative.
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Achieving and verifying high-purity output from secondary feedstocks, rather than virgin mined ore, is a technically demanding problem that has limited the domestic recycling sector for years.
Verb
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According to Germain, the network initially didn't want to delve into death or divorce, the only two plausible reasons why Chuckie's mom wasn't around, in a kids' show.
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Rogen declined to delve into details but made clear his position has not changed.
Verb
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Inside, more than 120 humanoids stand in neat rows, each performing a specific task repeatedly, from sorting packages or changing diapers to scooping popcorn, guided by human trainers with handheld controllers next to them.
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But stats back up the anecdotal evidence about a heatwave bump in cinemas admission — and with one major movie scooping the rewards.
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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