coulees

Definition of couleesnext
plural of coulee

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Authorities say the mountain sees about a dozen rescues and one fatality per year, with slip-and-falls in steep gullies being a common danger.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • She was found hours later, barely alive and with a fractured skull, having been brutally raped and left for dead in one of the park’s ravines.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Rock Creek Loop traverses approximately seven miles of ravines, creeks, subtropical forest, and small footbridges.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That's because there are natural barriers of these sprawling mountains and canyons.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Landscape painters, lithographers, and photographers introduced Easterners to the Romantic West of sublime landscapes filled with tow-ering peaks and deep canyons and Indians who seemed to exist only in small numbers, fated to disappear as American pioneers swept westward.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Their work, however, has survived in the deep trenches at New Cut which have endured for three hundred years.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His journey — from the ideological trenches of the Caracas socialist regime to the cultural corridors of Hollywood — offers a rare window into how power, influence and reinvention intersect across borders.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The road to the potato patches — where the community grows most of its vegetables — crosses several large gulches that frequently spill tons of rock and soil onto the track, requiring regular maintenance.
    NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In the 1910s, Bisbee packed some 35 nationalities onto ledges and into its gulches and streets, with Mexican and Balkan miners among the largest groups, most of them working at Phelps Dodge’s Copper Queen Mine.
    Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One of the most popular hikes—the Vikos Gorge—journeys through one of the deepest gorges, winding along quiet villages and monasteries.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The Bolaven Plateau is a place where remnants of ancient volcanic activity, such as lava cliffs and extinct volcanic craters, coexist with lush natural landscapes that feature breathtaking waterfalls, deep gorges, and dramatic riverscapes.
    Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Euro model, which has been more accurate in handling these shortwave troughs over the next week, has a major ice storm occurring as the rain arrives.
    Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Producers are looking at factors like cost of labor combined with the time and material costs of driving around to check wells or troughs — areas where Ranchbot might be able to lend an assist.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These stretchy, flattering jeans come in a range of washes that are both leg-lengthening and easy to move around in.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Yung shares that one of the best ways to understand what your hair needs is to make mental notes of the changes between washes.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Coulees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coulees. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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