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
Sherpas know the mountain better than anyone else in the world, carving through ice in dangerous crevasses.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Its terrain is technically difficult due to crevasses, avalanche risk, changeable weather and glacier movement.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
To the west was the Greenlandic ice sheet—up to two miles thick and filled with perilous crevasses.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The four-day climb toward the summit was grueling, with glaciers bridged by ladders, deep crevasses to navigate, and air that seemed to vanish with every step.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Its terrain is technically difficult due to crevasses, avalanche risk, changeable weather and glacier movement.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
To the west was the Greenlandic ice sheet—up to two miles thick and filled with perilous crevasses.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
The four-day climb toward the summit was grueling, with glaciers bridged by ladders, deep crevasses to navigate, and air that seemed to vanish with every step.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crevasse
Noun
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The chasm between some top Democrats and AIPAC is illustrated by their respective statements on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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This is a self-defeating stance for players, since baseball’s financial disparity at the team level is also mirrored by a huge chasm in compensation for individual players themselves.—
Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Wait for it to land and carefully suction it away with the narrow crevice tool of your vacuum cleaner.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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Accessories Handheld vacuums may come with various accessories that can add to their functionality, most commonly crevice tools and dusting brushes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The controversy has highlighted both religious and political fissures.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Fuller’s sentiments about ongoing fissures in college sports reflect growing concerns across the industry that the current financial model is unsustainable.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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His investigation is a testament to the power of perseverance, albeit a perseverance that threatens to turn into an obsession that could drag him into the abyss à la Captain Ahab.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Step a few metres and the view morphs: a new cleft, a sudden overhang, a corridor of stone that narrows to a postcard of sky.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Feb. 2026
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Along with the Antwerp Six, Martin Margiela put the small Belgian city of Antwerp on the international fashion radar, founding his house in 1988 and introducing cleft-toed boots, deconstructed clothes and all-white stores to the fashion lexicon.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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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,
8 Mar. 2026
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and shield your head, or leave your vehicle and find shelter in a ditch or ravine.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2026
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Wind prone canyons along US-395 may exceed 65 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The historic Grant Grove Cabins and Cedar Grove Lodge, located deep in the canyon, are also solid options.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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In less than an hour, the scenery changes from beach to river gorge to mountain terrain, showing a side of Dalmatia beyond the islands.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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The gorge acts as a natural channel funneling through rain runoff often creating an intriguing mix of wildflowers.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Crevasse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crevasse. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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