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sierra

[see-er-uh] / siˈɛr ə /




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The models will be available in four colors including graphite, gold, silver, and sierra blue with storage options of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and new 1TB.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2021

In this recipe, which is adapted from “The Food of Oaxaca,” chef and author Alejandro Ruiz recommends sierra or mahi-mahi, which are caught off the coast of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021

The sierra and Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes, where you’ll find the Caburní waterfall, are a popular day trip from Trinidad, though most people head to Parque el Cubano, which borders Trinidad.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2018

Numb to greatness, a humdrum appreciation comes with his sierra of staggering statistics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2018

One evidence of human presence is, however, inevitably in sight—the blue, curling smoke of the charcoal-burners, the sign of a wasteful process that is ruthlessly destroying the silent beauties of the sierra.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

Even with that approach there will still be fires, they would just be less likely to start at the crest of the sierras and stop at the Central Valley, he said.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2018

Our water comes from Hetch Hetchy in the sierras.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

He’ll be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo, a reminder that revolutionaries are usually a lot less romantic when they come down from the sierras and govern.

From Time ● Nov. 26, 2016

"Any storm front that comes off the sierras is preceded by extremely high winds," incident team spokesman John Stonelake told Reuters.

From Scientific American ● May 25, 2012

The train clicked by the Union Stock Yards, doubly pungent in the day’s strange warmth, and skirted sierras of black coal capped with grimy melting snow.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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