ravine
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Out the window, I noticed a spot in the alley where the thawing and freezing of ice had created a ravine, where car tires would get lodged and trap the driver.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
A separate, smaller fire in a ravine near Valencia in the east meanwhile killed one person, the local authority in the affected town of Manises said on X, without giving further details.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"You hope it will have gone down the ravine and round rather than up through the village."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“We want people to know about what goes on in Mexico,” said Héctor Flores, co-founder of Light of Hope, whose volunteers uncovered a human skull in a Zapopan ravine last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Because she died where the ravine falls into water.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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In the most commanding painting of this section, Jeong Seon’s “Clearing After Rain on Mt. Inwang” from 1751, roiling clusters of dark hills are split by hidden ravines and jutting waterfalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Rubaya sits on steep hillsides carved by deep ravines with dirt roads, often impassable during the rainy season, winding between unstable slopes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The Spanish weather agency has advised people in areas on orange alert to stay away from ravines and waterways, even though they may be dry, because of the risk that they become flooded.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
That was particularly threatening to people living in the steep hills and ravines around Acapulco’s bay, which are susceptible to mudslides.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
By late afternoon he was on rocky ground cleft with ravines.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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"The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Ravine" by Graham Salisbury
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