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
From the Rocky Mountains west to California and into Western Canada, record numbers of resorts closed early this season.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
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 river provides for about 35 million people and 5 million acres of farmland, from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
By the early 1900s, meatpacking had centralized: nearly 90 percent of all beef inspected east of the Rocky Mountains was processed by six big companies.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
