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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
McGrath worried that water percolating through the mine waste would wash poisons into the canyon next to her home, and that tailings dust would blow across Corona de Tucson and Vail, including a schoolyard.
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
The blaze quickly erupted to 100-plus acres in minutes, driven by wind gusts up to 50 mph on hilltops and in canyons.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
The Film AlUla shorts germinated from the AlUla Creates program at Film AlUla, the film commission for the swathe of northwest Saudi Arabia roughly the size of Belgium that also comprises a lush oasis and vast sandstone canyons.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Valles Marineris, located along Mars' equator, is the largest canyon in the Solar System.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
The blaze quickly erupted to 100-plus acres in minutes, driven by wind gusts up to 50 mph on hilltops and in canyons.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
The Film AlUla shorts germinated from the AlUla Creates program at Film AlUla, the film commission for the swathe of northwest Saudi Arabia roughly the size of Belgium that also comprises a lush oasis and vast sandstone canyons.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Valles Marineris, located along Mars' equator, is the largest canyon in the Solar System.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canyon
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23, according to a report by the Greek Reporter.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Razor-thin ridges dropped into deep valleys, while the tiny village of Hanavave provided a sense of scale.David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
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At the end of a winding gravel drive, in the valley of two wooded hills here, is a small stream.Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canyon. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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