treacherous
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For nearly 1,000 years, farmers have scratched out a living on this rocky island as soil, sheep and people have been blown over its treacherous cliffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — often wades into treacherous waters to give advice.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
They don’t just want to summit the mountain from its treacherous north face; they want to be the first people ever to ski down it.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Together, the three of them had climbed the world's highest peaks, under crisp mountain skies and in treacherous snowstorms.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Far in the distance, a treacherous scree slope towered above the fells, and beyond it rose the High Mountains.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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