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sierra

[see-er-uh] / siˈɛr ə /




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I spotted a brown chestnut-winged cinclodes with a little pointy beak, and a slate-blue plumbeous sierra finch with pink legs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

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

Eventually, after dragging the lame beasts some twenty miles, we got clear of the sierra, but found that our absence had caused much anxiety at Jerez.

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

These animals continue to shape the sierras and surrounding mountain landscape.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 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

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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