upper reaches
Example Sentences
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The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain early on May 30.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 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
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
In 1967, it propelled the Turtles back to the upper reaches of the charts, a place they’d stay through 1969, as they accumulated such hits as “She’d Rather Be With Me” and “Elenore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Donovan had inspected a jagged hole in the upper reaches of one of the walls by the light of his pocket flash.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
