mountainous
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This ability helps them survive almost anywhere: on mountaintops, in Antarctica and even in the moss growing in the cracks of your sidewalk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Each coal company claims to act in the best interest of its owners and utilities that want cheap coal; blasting away mountaintops to reach thin seams of coal is far cheaper than deep mining.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
“It’s been the butt of jokes in every group ski chat I’ve participated in,” Highland Park resident Ethan Ayer said of the idea for heli-skiing, the term for plopping skiers on mountaintops via helicopter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
A new tool developed at Purdue University makes finding those errors as simple as spotting mountaintops from an airplane.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023
The clouds were thick in the air, weaving in and out among the soaring heights of the mountaintops.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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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