as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it
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Recent Examples of gulch
The book is written in the second person, addressing the protagonist’s daughter, a decision that imparts a desire for understanding, to cross the gulch that has opened between them.
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Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
Take your time — for here in the gulch, far removed from the day-to-day world, time is deep and still.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Army commanders note that artificial intelligence and drones cannot hold territory or manage resupply in soggy gulches where electricity and clean water are scarce.
—Damien Cave Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Her house sits in a gulch in between two tall hills and her nearest neighbor is about three miles away, so her only other option is satellite service.
—Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
Take your time — for here in the gulch, far removed from the day-to-day world, time is deep and still.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
Army commanders note that artificial intelligence and drones cannot hold territory or manage resupply in soggy gulches where electricity and clean water are scarce.
—Damien Cave Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Her house sits in a gulch in between two tall hills and her nearest neighbor is about three miles away, so her only other option is satellite service.
—Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulch
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One of the coolest hikes within the park is Mosaic Canyon, which leads hikers into a narrow canyon with smooth, steep walls.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
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To dig deeper into the park, consider trekking through The Narrows, a slot canyon where the walls of Zion Canyon rise 1,000 feet up while pinching to 30 feet wide at certain points.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
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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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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulch. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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