valley
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As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Local hospitals are bracing for funding cuts, though a carve-out may keep many valley residents from losing coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We were very intentional about the uncanny valley nature of this, so we made it intentionally abstract,” Dema says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The hottest spots in Spain will continue to exceed 40C this weekend and early next week, even around the Erbo valley in the north, which typically see temperatures closer to 20C this time of year.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sprays and cascades of orange-bloom petals and lily of the valley, plucked straight from the palace greenhouse.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 2021, a similar disaster in Uttarakhand killed more than 200 people after a massive flood swept through the Rishiganga and Dhauliganga valleys.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I’m addicted,” she told a Wall Street Journal reporter as she steered her four-wheel-drive down the steep, winding valleys north of Shangri-La on a recent day in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
As a result, the forecast calls for maximum temperatures of mid- to upper 80s at the beaches, 90s across the rest of the coast and 100 to 108 degrees for the valleys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
We’d heard rumors of rain in the river valleys west of us, and those tales aroused the deepest thirst you can imagine—the thirst of dying crops and animals.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Vocabulary lists containing valley
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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