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“We are feeling very proud,” said Indian pilgrim Izhar Anjoom, who was stoning the devil in Mina.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

As she worked away at the plums she was stoning without saying either yes or no, I ventured to repeat my question.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Mrs. Ellis was stoning raisins in the dining-room.

From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.

Julia had been pressed into service, and was stoning raisins, or eating them, a close observer would have found it difficult to discover which.

From Ester Ried by Pansy

At the table sat Emily and George: she was quickly picking over a pile of little yellow raisins, and he, slowly, with his head sunk, was stoning the large raisins.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)