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After drifting over a seamount, it got caught in a water vortex caused by ocean currents hitting the underwater mountain, which cause the iceberg to rotate about 15 degrees per day.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
The steep slopes, ridges, and tops of seamounts in the South Pacific and elsewhere are home to a rich variety of marine life, including large pools of undiscovered species.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In the depths of the ocean, underwater mountains tower over the seafloor in a string of isolated islands.
Called seamounts, the protruding geological features are covered with a diversity of life seldom seen in other parts of the sea.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
The steep slopes, ridges, and tops of seamounts in the South Pacific and elsewhere are home to a rich variety of marine life, including large pools of undiscovered species.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In the depths of the ocean, underwater mountains tower over the seafloor in a string of isolated islands.
Called seamounts, the protruding geological features are covered with a diversity of life seldom seen in other parts of the sea.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamount
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Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
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Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 June 2019
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Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
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Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
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Gwin turns a couple knobs to get the propane flowing and ignites it.Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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Consider swapping cabinet knobs for matte black handles or satin brass pulls for a more stylish look.Brianna Crane, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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With a win against Rayo, Madrid can go top by a point at the La Liga summit before FC Barcelona hosts Leganes late on Sunday evening in Spain.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Coinciding with the end of her 21-month long Eras Tour last weekend (Dec. 8), the album remains the songwriter’s longest-running chart-topper in the U.K., the Official Charts Company reports, eclipsing 2022’s Midnights, which sat at the summit for five non-consecutive weeks.Sophie Williams, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
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Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
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These expressions represent the pinnacle of The Glen Grant's craftsmanship and testify to the distillery's commitment to quality.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The title track represents the pinnacle of Lennon’s ability to turn his personal anguish into something that can be heard as both a simple pop hit and a raw expression of his complex inner life. 5.Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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