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Recent Examples of hogback
The second morning, Bob hunkered down next to a thick spruce on a frosty hogback between Disappointment Lake and Snowbank.
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Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
That loop yields a two-mile hike with 300 feet of climbing, not counting the short spur trail up to the hogback.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
That loop yields a two-mile hike with 300 feet of climbing, not counting the short spur trail up to the hogback.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogback
Noun
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On-site trails and yoga atop a butte make for a complete wellness package—one that will spur an appetite.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It's been three months since a ceasefire ended bitter border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand, but signs of combat are cut deep in this 11th-century temple atop a 525-meter (1,722-foot) cliff in the Dangrek Mountain range.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The man’s home was on a small, nearby lake, surrounded by cliffs to jump from.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her burial site wasn’t far from where other prehistoric remains have been discovered over the years, on what was once a bluff overlooking the river.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The farther away from a scarp, the lesser the hazard.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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That is a clear fingerprint of an earthquake, one that, according to the rounding and wear and sloping of the scarp, occurred about 2.6 million years ago.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Later, Bey worried her C-section scar might be infected.—
Laura Ungar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The recent scars of Hezbollah's activities were all too visible.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dan shone his flashlight in the crags of a rock wall, and the antennae of hundreds of spiny lobsters waved in its beam.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Her travels are usually inspired by mountain bike trails, classic crags, and whatever is happening in the sky.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In an ideal world the palisades would have their own mayor and police department.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Controlling passage through the palisade were twenty-one ornate gates, spaced approximately fifty kilometers apart, meant not only to curb immigration of Han Chinese and Koreans into Qing lands but also to limit movement of any natural resources out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Hogback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogback. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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