as in chasm
a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock
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Recent Examples of crevasse
Unlike dogs, rats can wriggle through the cracks and crevasses of a container ship.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Never mind that no one had ever built a nuclear locomotive or run rails through tunnels crossing constantly shifting crevasses.
—Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
At the edge of the site, a crevasse had opened, swallowing a tree.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Glaciers are becoming increasingly unstable, more rock and sediment tumbles from them and crevasses grow faster.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Never mind that no one had ever built a nuclear locomotive or run rails through tunnels crossing constantly shifting crevasses.
—Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
At the edge of the site, a crevasse had opened, swallowing a tree.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Glaciers are becoming increasingly unstable, more rock and sediment tumbles from them and crevasses grow faster.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
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For a young, progressive Democrat like MacKay, accomplishment depended on navigating some wide chasms between the liberal and backward factions of his party.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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There’s something of a full-circle Yellowstone ending, with Jamie being buried in the chasm where other bodies had been disposed of.Charley Ross, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2024
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Pop on the dust brush to sweep up pet hair on your sofa, or reach in between cushions with the help of the slim crevice tool for detailing.Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lots of attention to detail was required, as paint was caked in every crevice.Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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On Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, this is causing fissures to open in the curst, allowing lava to well up from a heat source deep in Earth's mantle.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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This easy, 2-mile loop wanders through clusters of tan, sandstone boulders, the most famous of which is Split Rock, a 20-foot tall, rounded boulder with a sinuous fissure right through its heart.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
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The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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The continental shelf offers refuge to creatures not suited for the shallow water or the abyss, including around New Caledonia.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Now that she’s become well known not only for her art and fashion, but for being a cleft advocate, speaking around the country about her experience with a cleft lip and palate, Glasses has been traveling a lot for personal appearances, which leaves precious little time for weaving.Booth Moore, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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This bacteria is commonly carried in the nostrils, between the legs, in the armpits, and in the cleft between the buttocks.Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
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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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Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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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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At least 13 people were killed and 28 injured after a bus filled with tourists plummeted down a 160-foot gorge in Colombia.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Crevasse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevasse. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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