Rocky Mountains

Example Sentences

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They drive close to 1,000 miles through the Mojave Desert and over the Rocky Mountains to Denver.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The Colorado River provides water for farms, cities and tribal communities from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Many refused to speak to the media on Friday, noting that the presence of journalists in their otherwise quiet town in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains has been overwhelming.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Hilariously, it makes this case by jump-cutting to a woman on a very expensive-looking hike through the Rocky Mountains or something.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann