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Recent Examples of col The French Alps Why: Conquering the storied HC (hors catégorie) climbs and cols of the French Alps provides the ultimate cycling bragging rights. Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025 The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain. Jessica McKenzie, National Geographic, 16 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • Typical diurnal winds prevailed with westerly/up canyon, gusting near 20 MPH, observed in the afternoon.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The helicopter then lands inside the canyon, where participants start their epic journey on the river to the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, past glaciers, waterfalls, and basalt columns.
    Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The victim's truck was later found abandoned in a ravine.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over time, the powerful current carved out massive gorges and canyons, including the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 2, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The 876-foot-high New River Gorge Bridge, which crosses the eponymous gorge, is also billed as one of the longest single-span steel arch bridges in the Western Hemisphere.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So far, Dadu mountain lizards have been found in the Dadu River valley in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, a region of central China, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Col.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/col. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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