Stone Mountain
Americannoun
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a massive, dome-shaped granite outcrop in NW Georgia, near Atlanta: sculptures of Confederate heroes: 825 feet (252 meters) high.
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a town in NW Georgia, near the sculpted Stone Mountain.
Example Sentences
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Lawmakers put nearly all that money into the state’s Department of Early Care and Learning, a move that won plaudits from Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, a Stone Mountain Democrat.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024
Browner, Chambers and Lesley Chappell Green, 35, of Stone Mountain were all convicted of racketeer influenced and corrupt organization conspiracy.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Stone Mountain, Rubenstein said, was “maybe the most exhilarating in some ways, an eye-opener.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023
I am intrigued by its history — from my house I can see Stone Mountain, which features the nation’s largest Confederate monument — but Theroux’s travelogue strikes me as rather clichéd.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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