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With two hours to go, the eclipse-hunters congregated on the westward-facing slope of Picón, clutching the glasses that would make it safe to look at the sun’s corona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

But in terms of how it affects the creative work, it becomes a slippery slope if that’s the tail that wags the dog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Pyroclastic currents - rivers of gas, volcanic ash and rock fragments - continued to flow down Fuego's south-eastern slope early on Tuesday, the government agency which monitors its activity said.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

One was seen near a seamount close to Jarvis Island, while the other was recorded along the slope of the Tonga Trench.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

He watched it make its way up the slope towards the Den where the tailless were sleeping.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Colorado’s slopes may offer world-class skiing, but you don’t have to pay state taxes to enjoy the powder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala has triggered the evacuation of at least two villages on its slopes.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the wild, they grow only on the western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The hot, dry winds move down the southern slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains and risk spreading fires rapidly if there’s an ignition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The buggy rolled between gullied slopes of red clay.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The vineyard for the domaine’s namesake wine is in the village of Vosne-Romanée, where vines grow on a gently sloped plot of less than 5 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Now that his youngest son had moved out, the 56-year-old retired home builder wanted to downsize from his 6-acre, sloped property to a 2,200 square-foot house in Hayden, Idaho, which he had built himself.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025

He continued to refine the shape through the 1980s, gradually easing the “wedge shape” jacket into a more relaxed silhouette with sloped shoulders and lower lapels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

And the head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, said that their own agents weren’t on that roof because it was sloped and therefore dangerous, which is a strange response.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024

My spot was on the back corner nearest the kitchen, where the land sloped toward Papi’s shed.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, the terminal has a dramatic, glass-walled facade with a sloping roofline that recalls a wingspan.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

That is the term structures of the VIX futures and of the Cboe volatility indexes are sloping strongly upwards.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

They added a sloping roof with a southern exposure where they will install solar panels for future buyers who want to charge electric cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Like the rest of the field, he had to take some punches from a course set-up which wanted to inflict pain with its devilish pins, severely sloping greens and thick rough.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

A cleverly built home, with one wall, a sloping roof, and two entrances.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman