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Recent Examples of crag
The trail also leads to access points for crags with more than 350 individual routes frequented by Denver-area climbers, and up toward mountaintophomes on Conifer Mountain, just outside the park.
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Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
These shoes keep me comfortable all day, even when rock hopping and scrambling to get to the crag.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
The terrain is a mix of rocky crags, steep mountains, and Hudson River farmland, most of which is shrouded in tufts of hardwoods that turn it on each fall.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
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Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
These shoes keep me comfortable all day, even when rock hopping and scrambling to get to the crag.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
The terrain is a mix of rocky crags, steep mountains, and Hudson River farmland, most of which is shrouded in tufts of hardwoods that turn it on each fall.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crag
Noun
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Construction fell off a cliff after the housing bubble burst over a decade ago and never really recovered.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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In Zumaia, Ermita de San Telmo, an iconic stop on the Camino de Santiago, is a 16th-century church perched on the rocky Flysch cliffs made famous in Game of Thrones.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tries a first flight from the escarpment, a learner breeze across the valley, and realises – wow!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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For a break from the bustle, locals head to the Edge of the World, a dramatic escarpment about an hour’s drive from downtown that drops into an endless stretch of desert.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Crag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crag. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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