gulch
Example Sentences
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“I was terrified it was going to jump the gulch,” said Ms. Gerrish, 26, whose Quaker family raises cows and sheep in the hills above Pa’auilo, a ranching outpost on Hawaii’s Big Island.
From New York Times
And that is why, some 85 years later, if you go to that dry gulch you’ll find the magnificent Jet Propulsion Laboratory, one of the world’s citadels of science, exploration and advanced manufacturing.
From Washington Post
But the redwood grove just downhill in a steep gulch had a different story—and one probably representative of most redwoods in the burned area.
From National Geographic
Bright orange and strung across a giant gulch, it looked like a fabric dam or the broken smile of a geologically scaled jack-o’-lantern.
From Washington Post
Fairfax officials readily agreed, seeing an opportunity to report another storm water cleanup project to state officials while eliminating a safety hazard caused by a deepening gulch in one of the streams.
From Washington Post
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