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Recent Examples of barrancaFrom a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023 The Los Angeles Country Club’s barranca, a narrow gully, winds through the course, providing drainage during rainy season and a challenge to the players.—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 15 June 2023 His ball landed on the barranca, one of the steep-sided gullies at The Los Angeles Country Club.—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 The barranca that crosses the front of the tee runs down the left side of the hole.—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023 Jones shifted the fairway toward the canyon rim, with little rough or foliage to stop a golf ball from bounding into the barranca.—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2021
Hours later, a woman died in a fall from the cliff in a separate incident, sheriff’s officials told news outlets.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
Taken in Madagascar at the end of the dry season, the courageous lemur risks a harrowing jump from a towering cliff to another -- carrying her baby along for the ride.
Ideally in places where there’s room to breathe and with a little more concern for animals, the environment and those who bear the psychological scars of service.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
Sudan’s children are living through the world’s largest displacement crisis
Since the surge of violence in Sudan in late April 2025, thousands of families have crossed the border into Chad on a daily basis, traumatized and burdened by the scars of war.
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