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The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.—Big Think, 24 June 2024 During the ordeal, Kennedy and Christina were nearly pushed by strong currents into a boulder, crash-landed on a beach and at several points were plunged underwater.—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024 The machine momentarily pitched forward, straining to loosen it from the ground — and then the electric motor heaved the boulder and a clod of dirt into the air in a puff of dust.—Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 The soil could no longer absorb rainwater, which then ran off the landscape, picking up sediment and boulders on its way down the mountains.—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for boulder
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Word History
Etymology
short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulder ston, partial translation of a word of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect bullersten large stone in a stream, from buller noise + sten stone
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