crevasse
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"We reached it on 10 April. The crevasse below is melting," he said, adding that Sherpas after him said it had melted further and was close to collapsing.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The dragon will give Mae the flower, but first she must rescue his son, which has fallen down a crevasse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
To Byatt, maternal mental health is not a gap but a crevasse.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024
Honnold wants to continue even as they approach the center of a crevasse field, where giant cracks in the surface, some hundreds of feet deep, are hard to spot until they’re nearly underfoot.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
A crevasse could be only three or four feet across at the top but hundreds of deadly feet deep.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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