Rocky Mountains
Example Sentences
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They found no gold but became the first Europeans to explore the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
One of the most remarkable efforts at evidence synthesis I’ve come across was a Level 7 decision about a vulnerable population of woodland caribou in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 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
The tragedy has shaken the tight-knit town of about 2,400 people, which is set along a few winding rural roads in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
From there, they could eventually reach the West Coast on a route that followed the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers, crossed the Rocky Mountains, and met the Columbia River road.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
