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Interstate travel, especially through mountainous terrain, may be delayed due to slick roads and snow squalls.—
Sirena Bergman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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This mountainous region is known for its lush forests, lakes and valleys – and for being a hotspot for this year’s deadly bear attacks in Japan.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Normally, as storms begin to interact with land—particularly with hilly terrain such as that of Jamaica—friction starts to disrupt and weaken them.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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Its open, hilly terrain has one of the highest densities of tigers on the subcontinent.—
Marion Miller,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Oct. 2025
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For decades, the Algarve has been beloved for its endless sunny days and dramatic coastlines with its picturesque beaches, craggy cliffs, and hidden caves.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Bloody battles raged throughout the fall of 1863 along the banks of the Tennessee River, in pastoral valleys, and on the flanks of Lookout Mountain, a long, craggy ridge overlooking the city.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Best Early Black Friday Target Kitchen Deals The sale brings steep discounts to top kitchen brands like Ninja, Keurig, and KitchenAid.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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His mental health went into a steep decline.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) provides thrust vectoring capability for X-BAT’s vertical takeoff and landing maneuverability.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Located in its app, the Watch tab now features a feed of vertical video stories, though they are editorially curated rather than algorithmically fed, at least for now.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sites with wind patterns coming from perpendicular or opposite directions were found to perform best.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Rising from each track was a metal tower, and connecting those towers was another perpendicular track of sorts, with a machine sliding across its rails from side to side.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Hillocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hillocky. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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