crevice

Example Sentences

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The first pilot was found Friday, but it took more than 36 hours to locate the second aviator who was hiding in a mountain crevice.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Trump said the Friday rescue of the first airman was kept quiet so a search could continue for the second pilot, who was wounded but climbed up to a mountain crevice where he was rescued.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A senior official also told CBS that the CIA played a crucial in the rescue mission by tracking the airman in a mountain crevice and passing his exact location to the Pentagon.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“And you know what? You get into a deep crevice like that, and sometimes you can’t get out of it.”

From Salon • May 6, 2025

Find a crevice, jam in the hand, find another crevice, jam in the other hand; forty-eight feet to go.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman