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stony

[stoh-nee] / ˈstoʊ ni /


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The last part of our journey is a climb up a stony hillside.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

They sit in stony silence because they are watching their life’s work being systematically dismantled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But it was his grittiest—and that’s all Indiana needed for its famously stony coach to drop the scowl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

It's a pipe that snakes under the stony beach and out into the Atlantic, sucking up seawater and bringing it onshore.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

The lieutenant shines his light all along the stony foundation.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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