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crevasses



NOUN
precipice
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"There are bulges, crevasses, all this sort of structure to it that we really had no idea about at a scale smaller than bacteria. This is the first time we're really examining this physical habitat."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

There’s a point being made there: His wrinkles and crevasses echo the landscape, which has also been shaped by time and forces of nature.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2024

It’s best known for wide spine-tingling crevasses spanned by flimsy-looking aluminum ladders lashed together with rope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Satellite images even show the surface crevasses that opened directly above the keel as a result of the violent collision with the sea-floor.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

Climbers have fallen into crevasses and gotten stuck like that before, pinched between the walls of ice.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart


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