mountains

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“The clouds over the Ochils are purple and bruised looking and the shadows are deep grey,” Lindsay observes of winter returning to mountains and hedgerows “battered by rain and never going to stand up again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"When mountains are levelled to dig mines, the ecosystem is destroyed. Heat islands form, reducing rainfall and consequently groundwater levels," he explained.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Chongqing has been carved out of the mountains because builders had nowhere to go but up.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“It says it’s focused on applications, but is that a fake out for an AGI program hidden in the mountains somewhere?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

There are no clouds and the mountains, McKinley on the right, tower over us in dazzling white enormity, filling the sky while the sun warms our backs and the dogs settle into running.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen