promontory
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Artisanal makers of goat cheeses can be found along undulating roads through greenery that dead end at the foreboding promontory of Cabo Espichel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The city occupies a promontory overlooking the Irtysh River in northeastern Kazakhstan and was first recorded in the early 2000s.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025
Your path may be blocked by a rocky promontory north of the pier if the tide is high.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
A Turkish sponge diver in 1982 first reported spotting “metal biscuits with ears” off a rocky promontory known as Uluburun.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Half her length, she sways her heads in air, outside her horrid cleft, hunting the sea around that promontory for dolphins, dogfish, or what bigger game thundering Amphitrite feeds in thousands.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing promontory
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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