cordillera
Example Sentences
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It seemed like a good idea to many of my other brothers of the cordillera too.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2019
The morning after the knock on her door, Crump trekked up the cordillera, through a soup of fog, mud, and drizzle.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
One of the largest towns in the cordillera, Potolo is well-known for the weavings that women produce there.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2016
Chile is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries because just off the coast the Nazca tectonic plate plunges beneath the South American plate, pushing the towering Andes cordillera to ever-higher altitudes.
From US News ● Sep. 17, 2015
Towards the west, dark clouds shroud the mountains as far as Constanza and on through the whole cordillera to the far reaches of Haiti.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
