upper reaches
Example Sentences
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Baldy changes after a winter storm, when the upper reaches are blanketed in snow and ice and a slip in the wrong place can lead to a catastrophic, unstoppable fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Her efforts to elevate Diogenes into the upper reaches of the Greek intellectual pantheon are ingenious but ultimately unconvincing and, at times, misleading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The upper reaches of the market also survived a crucial testing this fall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Starting in 2018, the research team carried out extensive field surveys in the upper reaches of the Dadu River.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
