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noun

plural of quarry
as in prey
an animal that is hunted or killed a hunter relentlessly tracking his quarry

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verb

present tense third-person singular of quarry
as in mines

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Recent Examples of quarries
Noun
Since Dylan’s death in 2011, hundreds more children in the UK have drowned seeking relief from scorching temperatures in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and quarries. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Kansas Citians used sandbags, broken concrete, mounds of dirt and rocks from local quarries, and junked cars to shore up the levees protecting Municipal Airport and North Kansas City. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Throughout the nineteenth century, American sculptors flocked to the Eternal City to be closer to the source—to the abundance of antiquities but also to the Apuan Alps in the north, with their marble quarries. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026 Common to lakes, rivers, and blue holes in Texas Hill Country and Central Texas, clearer, bluer waters can most often be attributed to the abundance of natural deposits and quarries of limestone that are native to the area. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 This all-new podcast takes listeners to the small town of Elberton, GA and on a wild ride through granite quarries, graves, cults, Confederate monuments, a swatting raid, and A LOT of explosives. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026 The rock treasures here range from the Andy Warhol Factory (Nico’s 1967 Chelsea Girls) to Midwestern quarries (Slint’s 1991 Spiderland). — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026 Marble is ubiquitous, sourced from quarries from Carrara to Sicily, including the Breccia Pontifici, the stone preferred by Bernini, used for the tomb of Pope Urban VIII in St Peter’s Basilica. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarries
  1. prey
  2. mines
  3. creatures
Noun
  • 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.
    — ByGabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Cod are slow to grow and reproduce, and the effects of climate change—warming their waters and reducing their preferred prey—didn’t help.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of prey
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  • The writing team mines their own experiences, both as parents and from their own youth, for plot lines.
    — Amy Amatangelo, Parents, 1 June 2026
  • In addition to following and sharing insights from forecasting firms, the team mines social media, pop culture and television, runway collections, people watching and more to determine where style is headed.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Definition of mines
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  • Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Earth-friendly, conscientious gardeners learn to slow down and pay attention — not only to plants but to the many creatures that share the garden.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
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