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rockslide

NOUN
landslide
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A rockslide was reported on Highway 14 midway between Santa Clarita and Palmdale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

In 2017, a massive rockslide came down close to the village of Bondo, killing eight hikers.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

After hiking 886 feet, I was eyeing one historic abandoned fjord farm, Skageflå, where, before it was partially destroyed in an 1873 rockslide, parents tied ropes around children so they wouldn’t fall into the fjord.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 20, 2023

It was not immediately clear what caused the rockslide.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

She was about to ask Percy how he had jumped so far when she heard the skittering of a rockslide in the hills to their left.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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