outcropping
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Frequently missed, though easily accessible from Porto’s center via an antique tram line, Foz do Douro could qualify as the north’s most delightful urban outcropping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
An outcropping of volcanic rock, San Clemente Island was formed by eruptions millions of years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024
It is a six-acre, dome-shaped outcropping that is tricky to reach and even trickier to explore.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
I manage to take cover under a stone outcropping just as the vomiting begins, and I lose my meager supper and whatever water has remained in my stomach.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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