mountainous
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England face a mountainous task to send Ben Stokes into retirement with victory over New Zealand after the captain dropped an astonishing announcement on day four of the deciding Test at Trent Bridge.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Harry once lived in this mountainous region of Italy and was a friend of Giancarlo Albanese, a former village mayor, and his son, Gino.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The area is mountainous, while Caracas is built on a plain where the sediment can amplify seismic waves and worsen damage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The main reason is Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave inside Azerbaijan that was home to 100,000 ethnic Armenians until Azerbaijan took it by force in 2023.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The interior of Svalbard was mountainous, with jumbled peaks and sharp ridges deeply cut by ravines and steep-sided valleys, and the cold was intense.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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