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A ridge of high pressure over the desert Southwest is driving this latest wave of hot weather, with the most extreme temperatures expected along the Nevada, Arizona and southeastern California borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The samples also contained gold-to-copper ratios well above those measured in fertile mantle and primitive mid-ocean ridge basalts.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Workspaces built under the ridge of the mountain, which would offer maximum protection, could be as big as 6,200 square yards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

It’s blended with an almost unreasonable amount of lemon zest and juice before coating every ridge of cavatappi.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The house was cool gray with white trim and sat against a ridge of dunes.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

The facade has vertical ridges running down the side, which Diamond said was inspired by the ribs of Saguaro cactuses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

"It looked absolutely disgusting, like Sellotape with like little ridges in it," said the 42-year-old from Cardiff.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Firefighters were seeking to contain the fire using preexisting features such as roads, ridges and trails rather than carving a fire line through the island’s sensitive ecosystems, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

As the lava cooled and contracted, it folded and crumpled, producing uneven features known as 'wrinkle ridges'.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

But they bit ridges into my skin that itched and hurt at the same time.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Mention French onion dip and most people immediately picture a ridged potato chip.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

For about $70, a plastic surgeon injected the ridged cartilage of her ears with a hyaluronic-acid filler that caused her ears to perk up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Some placentas have evolved to be disklike, some are leaf-shaped, some ring-shaped, heart-shaped; some are ridged, branched, labyrinthine, or weblike.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

Similar ridged, porous surfaces could enhance air filtration and ventilation systems in skyscrapers and other structures.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

The dale ran like a stony trough between the ridged hills, and a trickling stream flowed among the boulders at the bottom.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

As high pressure, or ridging, builds later this week, the inversion is expected to be squashed down, making the marine layer shallower.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

Applying a clustering technique to the 124 largest outbreaks, he found four patterns — and in all, there was mid-tropospheric high-pressure ridging centered over different portions of western North America.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

The researchers found that there’s an increased risk of combined ozone and particulate matter pollution during atmospheric ridging events.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2022

The frequency of these ridging patterns has increased significantly since 2000, according to the new research.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

In ridging out the plants, one thing must be attended to in the preparation of the bed, which has not been before mentioned.

From The art of promoting the growth of the cucumber and melon in a series of directions for the best means to be adopted in bringing them to a complete state of perfection by Thomas Watkins