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valley

[val-ee] / ˈvæl i /


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Last year the valley welcomed around 3.8 million people, up three percent from pre-pandemic tourism levels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Seeing the rocky path leading up the valley, my mom voiced doubt for the first time, and I dismissed her with what I hoped sounded like words of encouragement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Compared with the birds in Madmaheshwar valley, the monal in Chopta also produced shorter call durations likely to cut through low-frequency human noise from traffic and tourist footfall.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Scott River, which flows out of mountain forests into a broad valley near the California-Oregon border, provides vital habitat for salmon that swim upstream from the ocean to spawn in the fall and winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Around mid-afternoon, they reached a ridge overlooking a broad, wooded valley.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Maximum temperatures on Monday are forecast to be in the 70s — slightly below normal for this time of the year — across coasts and valleys south of Point Conception in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

Entire mountain faces have been excavated and roads, industrial infrastructure and settlements have transformed surrounding valleys.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

RAF Valley is also close to the Machynlleth Loop - a series of valleys between Dolgellau in Gwynedd and Machynlleth in Powys.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sometimes when I did that I actually felt like I was flying, soaring into the night sky over Coalwood and through the dark valleys and mountain hollows that marched away in the moonlight.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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