upper reaches
Example Sentences
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By 191, Severus was governor of a province on the upper reaches of the Danube.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
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
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
What the move really shows is that there are now two types of club in the upper reaches of the world’s richest soccer league.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 2, 2025
In the upper reaches of the atmosphere you’d come apart, you’d vaporize, there would be no pressure holding you together.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
