steep

The thousands of square miles of mountain watershed around us, the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos, are as steep as roller coasters, and the rain funnels off them in tumults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

That is already a steep enough path that some investors believe that a further step-up in rate expectations could at least contain the selloff in longer-term bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Many people flocked to cash investments such as high-yield savings accounts and CDs when the Fed initiated a series of steep interest-rate hikes starting in 2022 to quell inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Much of this dissatisfaction stems from a steep rise in global energy prices and the knock-on effects on other goods.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

From here they must turn due west again, climbing until they reached what looked like a steep cliff.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Such costs can be passed down to consumers through steeper prices for food and other staples, pushing up the overall cost of living.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

However, a steeper 5.7% decline in imports widened the country’s trade surplus to 21.3 billion euros, from 15.4 billion euros in June, supporting gross domestic product growth at the start of the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The company is making those moves as its snacks business faces steeper competition, as smaller brands enter the fray and retailers lure increasingly price-conscious consumers with their cheaper store brands.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

All three have said since the meeting that they favored raising rates now in order to forestall the possible need for steeper hikes later.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The slope is much steeper than it had seemed.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Across the globe, bond yields are setting new highs with 10-year benchmarks at their steepest for thirty years in Japan, fifteen years for Germany and 18 years in the U.K.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The steepest growth has been in acceptances to what Ucas calls "higher tariff" universities.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He notes it’s one of the steepest streets in the entire country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

However, the steepest and most inaccessible terrain acted as a natural barrier, protecting important areas of old-growth forest that logging crews could not easily reach.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The car stops for a split second at the peak of the first, the steepest crest.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

At Lawrence’s urging, George steeps himself in the classics, such as Plutarch and Seneca.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Open since 2019, this via ferrata added a new summer component to Palisades Tahoe, the North Lake Tahoe ski resort famed for its steeps.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

The mixture steeps sometimes for up to 24 hours before being served over ice.

From Salon ● May 14, 2022

The first room of the exhibition, or act of the show, steeps visitors in an immersive story-in-the-round that illustrates an interconnected forest ecology.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022

“That evil soaks into the soil. Some say it steeps and gets stronger. Maybe this isn’t the place. Maybe Gloria and I should have kept going after Virginia.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

But although steeped in local history, the eerie character of the house in its listing images is what seems to have gathered interest.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The authors come to their subject as pedagogues steeped in educational theory but also as hands-on teachers experienced at working with individual children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

And he rooted his holding in the alleged “original meaning” of the amendment through analysis that appeared to be steeped in historical texts.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lai is steeped in the archaeology of the park, the Gabrielino establishment here, the Zanja Madre irrigation line that served the early pueblo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

He’s tall and middle-aged, and his voice is steeped with politeness and assertion.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Vance “has sought to surface a greater level of detail and nuance about the war,” it says, and “developed a reputation inside the Trump administration for steeping himself in operational detail.”

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Roberts put his academic background to work, steeping himself in traffic patterns and how search engines and users prioritized different types of content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Lindo walked the streets where “Raisin” playwright Lorraine Hansberry lived, steeping himself in what it meant to exist in that place and time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

The beverage and humble ingredient is made by lightly toasting 2 3/4 cups of cornflakes and steeping it in 3 3/4 cups of cold milk for 20 minutes.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

Now that Sula was dead and done with, they returned to a steeping resentment of the burdens of old people.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison