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cuesta

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Then temperatures turned record-hot in Western Europe in May, just as France and Spain’s precipitation fell off a cliff, leading to drought.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Even though The Fool has forward momentum, like Plath, that momentum can lead to hesitancy — one step in the wrong direction, and The Fool falls off the cliff.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of cliff

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Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
The tents are perched on top of escarpment with views of the TK below.

— Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

Definition of escarpment

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England has a beautiful coastline, full of romantic, windswept bluffs, rocky cliffs, and quaint seaside villages.

— Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
The Latour influence stretched from European high society to the Artois brewing empire, before finally reaching the bluffs of Esparza.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of bluff

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On July 4, North Dakota gained the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library atop a butte in Medora.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Situated on a butte at the gateway to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the 96,000-sq-ft (8,918-sq-m) library and museum structure practically blends into the rugged landscape.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

Definition of butte

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In 1876, Arthur Lakes, a professor at Jarvis Hall college, discovered several dinosaur fossils on the west side of a hogback west of Denver, including the first fossils to be called stegosaurus.

— Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Views to the east take in Red Rocks Park, the Dakota Ridge hogback, Green Mountain and downtown Denver in the distance.

— John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 May 2026

Definition of hogback

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The team used high-resolution topographic data from satellites, aircraft and drones to detect fault scarps, narrow ridges formed when the ground shifts during an earthquake, that were previously hidden under dense forest and glacial deposits.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.

— Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024

Definition of scarp

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But fandom is growing, and the sport is on the precipice of something bigger.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Of course, the one victory came in 2016, when James authored Cleveland’s comeback from down 3-1 to vanquish the 73-9 Warriors on the precipice of becoming the unquestioned greatest team in NBA history.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of precipice

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In court, victims’ families and shooting survivors spoke about their physical and emotional scars.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
But whether nestled in lush forests or barren deserts, these towns bear the scars of time, showcasing human ingenuity while reminding us of the inevitability of decay.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

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