headland
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A handwritten label indicated she had been found near the Beachy Head headland sometime in the 1950s, but little additional information was available.
From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026
Perhaps he deserves the title “the father of smog,” for he called the place “the bay of smokes,” probably from the signal fires the Native Americans built atop the headland.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
A rust-colored dome looms over the muddy farmland of Hinkley Point, a headland overlooking the Bristol Channel in southwest England.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
In 2022 Mr Beynon was forced to removed the ponies from the headland because someone had flown a drone "about 10ft above her".
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023
The wind blew down from the headland like a funnel.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing headland
Physical Geography - Middle School
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Physical Geography - High School
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