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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
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In preparation for that cliff, tribal leaders in Montana have started culling bison herds to feed their community members on one reservation where the population is disproportionately food insecure.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Imposing granite cliff faces like Half Dome and El Capitan, serene meadows and forests, and the picturesque Merced River, all tend to come to mind.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Perched on the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley with the Ewaso Narok River to the east and the slopes of Mount Kenya to the south, andBeyond Suyian Lodge offers endless panoramic views and access to a wide variety of landscapes, from savannas to rivers and Vechellia woodlands.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Crag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crag. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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