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also cañon
as in ravine
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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Recent Examples of canyon
The truck, which serves Mexican food, was parked across from a two-story home under construction, where the clang of hammers and thwack of nail guns sent echoes through the canyon.
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Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Location The Hotel Bel-Air is in an exclusive residential community surrounded by hills, canyons, wildlife, and mature landscaping.
—Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Both liked casita buildings 37 and 38, situated higher on the grounds and deeper within the canyon than the rest.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
With its steeply sloping canyons descending into the river, visitors are treated to wildly fantastic fall foliage and the New River Gorge Bridge, which is the park's most famous landmark and the longest steel bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Location The Hotel Bel-Air is in an exclusive residential community surrounded by hills, canyons, wildlife, and mature landscaping.
—Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Both liked casita buildings 37 and 38, situated higher on the grounds and deeper within the canyon than the rest.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
With its steeply sloping canyons descending into the river, visitors are treated to wildly fantastic fall foliage and the New River Gorge Bridge, which is the park's most famous landmark and the longest steel bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canyon
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It's described by the forest service as encompassing forested slopes, sandstone cliffs and narrow ravines.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
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The Park Fire began July 24 at a park in Chico when a man pushed a burning car down a grassy ravine in 100-degree temperatures.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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There’s no official trail through the narrow gorge, which can be found 12.7 miles south of Highway 24 on the paved Notom-Bullfrog Road, but the occasional cairn and obvious route through narrow, sandstone walls make this journey relatively straightforward to navigate.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
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Montero says, while taking a breather from cleaning near a gorge that was filled with a crushing wall of water just days earlier.Teresa Medrano, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Speaking of which: Large portions of the valley’s land area have been sinking at record rates as farmers pump huge amounts of groundwater to grow their crops, new research shows.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Everything in the valley becomes muted; hibernation is the order of the day.Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canyon. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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