altitude
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There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Doughty said the Kings need to wear down the Avalanche, something they clearly couldn’t do in the two games played in Denver’s mile-high altitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The satellite will be de-orbited due to its low altitude, with its cost expected to be recovered via insurance.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Even though it was a cloudy day, the vicious ultraviolet radiation at this altitude would render him snow-blind very quickly.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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