mesa

Example Sentences

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It has one narrow runway perched high on a mesa with steep cliffs at either end tumbling 1,600 feet to the deep blue Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024

The cultural significance of this place isn’t evident to many, even though the mesa, which is about 12 acres, has long been mired in land-use battles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

Para personas como Solis, sin embargo, un dólar con menos poder adquisitivo es la diferencia entre llevar comida a la mesa o no.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2023

It also says the fire sparked by its power line spread quickly because it was on top of a flat mesa, allowing the fire to spread along the ground, and ignited nearby vegetation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

In this way they progressed across the mesa, through the pale lavender sageland.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols