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sierra

[see-er-uh] / siˈɛr ə /




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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

I am now donating to the sierra club.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2016

The trail is a high sierra alpine environment that reaches between 8,000 and 12,000 feet. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2016

Some years afterwards, passing through this sierra on March 1st, we found the three stacks occupied as before, each nest containing a single egg.

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

Currently, the western sierras are densely wooded, and that isn’t necessarily the best model for the forests to get through fires, said Thomas Scott, an expert on wildfire at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2018

Our water comes from Hetch Hetchy in the sierras.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

When the sierras received more precipitation and were frequently snow covered, this animal is believed to have occurred in the soil on the surface.

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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