landslip
Example Sentences
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A large section of the path on the cliffs outside Charmouth in Dorset was lost in early February after heavy winter rains caused a landslip.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
The disastrous two-month closure in 2014 was caused not by a breach of the sea wall in Dawlish, but by a serious landslip down the line near the neighbouring coastal town of Teignmouth.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Siluch said he had seen another landslip about an hour earlier but took little notice.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Train passengers are facing a second day of major disruption after a Glasgow to London train derailed, seemingly after hitting a landslip.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
A full account of this remarkable landslip, with a plan, sections, and many fine illustrative drawings, was published by Messrs. Conybeare and Buckland,433 from one of which the annexed cut has been reduced, fig.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
