Thesaurus results for COULEE

coulee

noun

as in arroyo

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Recent Examples of coulee The terrain is ideal upland bird habitat, with abundant wheat and soybean fields and plenty of coulees with cover that ringnecks relish. —

Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025 Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants. —

Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Sagebrush steppes are cracked by muddy coulees hiding pines where the spring snow lingers. —

Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020 The region is marked by rolling prairie, steep coulees, and a smattering of cropfields, making it the perfect place to grow trophy bucks, and to sneak up on them. —

The Editors, Field & Stream, 12 Sep. 2019 Camping: One of the best ways to experience coulee country in eastern Washington is to camp. —

John Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019 Another Chilean volcano with impressive coulees is Aucanquilcha (see above), near the Chilean-Bolivian border. —

Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2010

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Officials said Sturluson, 23 – who was experiencing homelessness – was shot May 1 after asking the teen and Curtis to stop firing into a arroyo, or dry creek, that was close by.

— Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
And while our street was close enough to the national forest that bears and bobcats were not uncommon sights, it was also separated from it by a dry arroyo and five blocks of houses in between.

— Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025