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butte

[byoot] / bjut /






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The patterns also climb the sides of a nearby butte nicknamed "Miraflores."

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

There will be two reservoirs — one up on the butte, another 1,000 feet below.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

An Oregon butte unfortunately titled “Swastika Mountain” will be getting a new name in the near future.

From Washington Times Aug. 24, 2022

“Cash Up can not be other than voted an enterprising and progressive man. His advertising the butte as he is not only benefits himself, but the entire country and community.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2022

“I don’t know what America’s thinking was,” said Jerrod as the pickup edged its way to a little butte rising out of the stubble and the rock.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy 1,800 acres on the north side of the buttes, including an idyllic stretch of emerald called “Peace Valley.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024

My roughly 60-mile section was marked by sienna-hued mesas and buttes, and cornflower-blue skies.

From New York Times May 1, 2024

The river where the Battle of Little Bighorn took place coursed through the land, prairie extended into pine trees and high buttes beckoned with even wider-ranging views.

From Seattle Times Dec. 27, 2023

Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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