salient
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Most of the action will happen in the Southeast, which will be wet and stormy, according to Ray Schmitt, president of the weather analytics company Salient Predictions.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023
A maize, dairy and sheep farmer, Edward Barngetuny, whose 40-acre farm is in the Salient area of neighbouring Nandi County, says the increased cost of fertiliser has made farmers reduce the acreage they farm.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
It was on the Ypres Salient, next to a small, privately run museum of war relics.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2018
Salient whispers from both sides in Havana indicate that the process of truth and justice stands a chance of reckoning with three generations of violence.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016
The III. corps Salient was the scene of desperate fighting; and the “Peach Orchard” and the “Devil’s Den” became as famous as the “Bloody Angle” of Spottsylvania or the “Hornets’ Nest” of Shiloh.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
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