as in chasm
a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock
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Recent Examples of crevasse
With a parachute billowing behind him, Miura makes a couple of pizza turns on the sheer and horribly icy Lhotse Face before catching an edge and then tumbling several thousand feet to the bank of a crevasse.
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Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
There are no crevasses or technical features on its standard route, just a relatively simple rock scramble beneath the summit block.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The snowboarder, who has not been identified at this time, slid down roughly 100 feet and landed inside a bergschrund, or crevasse in a mass of ice.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
While the team tried to pull him up to safety, his belt broke, and Bell went back down into the crevasse.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
There are no crevasses or technical features on its standard route, just a relatively simple rock scramble beneath the summit block.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
The snowboarder, who has not been identified at this time, slid down roughly 100 feet and landed inside a bergschrund, or crevasse in a mass of ice.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
While the team tried to pull him up to safety, his belt broke, and Bell went back down into the crevasse.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
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And the bridge over that chasm — between not having to consider money, and nearly suffocating from a lack of it — remained shrouded for some in the fog of South Florida’s, indeed the country’s, mounting affordability crisis.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Part of that is due to a huge mismatch between people’s hopes and reality, with that chasm growing bigger than ever.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Shark also comes with an upholstery tool and crevice tool for even deeper cleaning.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Nov. 2025
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How To Keep Stink Bugs Out Stink bugs can squeeze into tight spaces between siding, crawl into cracks and crevices in window frames, and enter through open doors, windows, and vents.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those fissures burst into the open last week, when Tucker Carlson conducted a friendly interview with the cheerfully white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The journalist Beth Macy, who in her previous books chronicled the widening fissures in American society by examining the opioid crisis and the aftereffects of globalization, grew up there.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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All men want is for their charging cables to stop sliding off their desks and nightstands, disappearing into a deep, dark abyss that’s impossible to reach.—
John Lonsdale,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sor Juana’s verses confirm that venturing into the dating pool is always like stepping into a dark abyss.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Apparently growing out of the cleft between her breasts was a large mauve orchid.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Doctors couldn't tell her how severe the cleft would be or any other complications that may be involved with Benji's diagnosis.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Rock Creek Loop traverses approximately seven miles of ravines, creeks, subtropical forest, and small footbridges.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Still, Patino described a canyon between the preoccupations and paths of people like Bezos and Griffin and the people in attendance like himself.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The sheriff’s office's search and rescue team released images showing first responders lowering a basket into the canyon for the recovery of the victim.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The South is filled with natural wonders, from dramatic gorges and massive cave systems to beautiful wetlands and pristine beaches.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Further down the gorge of TikTok depravity, there are things like TCC, or the True Crime Community, an online subculture that’s been tied to actual school shootings.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Crevasse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevasse. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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