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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Walker, born in nearby Stone Mountain, greeted Soroka’s replacement, Collin McHugh, with a homer to center field to open the fourth.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Stone Mountain, Rubenstein said, was “maybe the most exhilarating in some ways, an eye-opener.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023
In her 2020 memoir “Memorial Drive,” poet Natasha Trethewey — whose family once suffered a cross burning — eloquently wrote about what Stone Mountain meant to her Black family in the South.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023
“I do think that they have a lot to run on,” said Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, a Stone Mountain Democrat.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022
The guys are supposed to be hitting Stone Mountain, but if Manny’s holey wife-beater, flannel pajama pants, house slippers, and scowl are any indication, hiking isn’t real high on his to-do list at the moment.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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