linn

chiefly Scottish

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Noun
  • The couple had come up from their Sun City home in metro Phoenix in spring to shuttle rim-to-rim canyon hikers to their vehicles, hoping to escape the summer heat like many of their clients.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Try the roughly two-mile Hickman Bridge Trail to admire the canyon and walk beneath the 300-foot Hickman Bridge, a natural sandstone arch.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, Tom finds him first and inanely yells his name across the ravine.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • From the top of a lift, the three of us descended 4,800 feet into a ravine that, over the course of two hours, funneled us to Refugio Frey.
    Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Trey Moore is a local paddler who knows just about every corner of the Nolichucky gorge.
    Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • It was imported from the neighboring island in its entirety and features open sides that allow for spectacular vistas of the river gorge under the stunning morning light.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Search operations, including drones, launched Sunday after hikers reported being trapped in Laohugou, a valley in Menyuan county.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Once October and November hit, the cypress trees that line both sides of the river light up in shades or orange and red, striking a sharp contrast against the turquoise water and the green in the rest of the valley.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Linn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linn. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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