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Dry and hot conditions, with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees, in mountainous terrain make containing the blaze difficult for thousands of firefighters responding to the area, according to Ruggiero.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
9 Aug. 2025 -
The Canyon Fire is burning in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles and has been spreading toward the community of Castaic in L.A. County.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
9 Aug. 2025
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Blair, who lives in Johnson County, drove to the area and was charmed by the fact that the land was not flat, but was quite hilly.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
17 July 2025
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But in my hilly area that also gets extremely windy, this bike performed like a champ.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The fort was built on the craggy outpost between 1852 and 1854 as part of a wider plan to strengthen national defenses against a possible Napoleonic invasion, according to the property listing.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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Seagulls, which mate for life and return to the same nesting spots each year, have their nests all along the craggy cliffs and on almost every rooftop in what the parents deem safe spots from predators.—
Monica Deeks,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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By reducing revenue and increasing spending on marquee MAGA priorities, critics say, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill comes at a steep cost to both the social contract and the nation’s long-term economic health.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Failure to comply can carry steep penalties, with fines ranging from thousands to millions of dollars.—
Sagi Eliyahu,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Prior estimates all relied on a method that incorporates the length and vertical relief of uplifted landforms, but that produces different shrinkage estimates depending on the number of faults included in the dataset.—
Sarah Stanley,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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But with the boat between 50 and 100 yards from the craggy shore near Rubicon Point, its engine failed, causing the vessel to turn broadside — perpendicular — to the oncoming waves, the NTSB said.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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In April, the brand opened a 1,100-square-foot flagship on Rue François 1er, a perpendicular to luxury shopping epicenter Avenue Montaigne.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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“Hillocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillocky. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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