mountains

Example Sentences

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“It is significant that this facility was placed in the middle of Yongbyon, and not somewhere deep in the mountains that the external community is not looking at,” Shin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

For years, tourists have visited a village hidden in the Welsh mountains of Eryri for its breathtaking beauty and a grave commemorating a faithful hound slain by his master in the 13th Century.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Fujimori began her election day having breakfast in the Lima suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in Peru, where impoverished neighbourhoods crowd the steep, dusty mountains.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Some time before, a flash flood had come roaring down from the mountains.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver