1
as in peaks
an elevation of land higher than a hill
my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can
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2
as in loads
a considerable amount
receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays
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3
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate
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Recent Examples of mountains
Respecting Nature Nature is key to Japan’s traditional Shinto religion, in which mountains, trees, stone and flowers are capable of having spirits.
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Catherine Heald,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2026
Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
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Kristin Braswell,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Abandoned coal mines and slag piles – mountains of waste left over from steel, mining and coal operations – continue to contribute dissolved materials to southwestern Pennsylvania waters.
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Daniel Bain,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
The project, created by interdisciplinary artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, will depict a landscape scene of mountains and fields using perforated steel.
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Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
One of Pakistan’s top mediators flew to Tehran to persuade Iranian negotiators to reconsider and come to the talks in the Swiss mountains.
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Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Thematically the Summit map is set in China, in a Radiant training academy nestled in the mountains.
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Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The couple own and are the only employees of a small auto shop just west of Appalachian State University in the North Carolina mountains.
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Andrew Jones,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
Nostalgia, especially when well done a second time around, means mountains at the box office and a tremendous amount to moviegoers.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
Catherine Heald,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2026
Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
—
Kristin Braswell,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Abandoned coal mines and slag piles – mountains of waste left over from steel, mining and coal operations – continue to contribute dissolved materials to southwestern Pennsylvania waters.
—
Daniel Bain,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
The project, created by interdisciplinary artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, will depict a landscape scene of mountains and fields using perforated steel.
—
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
One of Pakistan’s top mediators flew to Tehran to persuade Iranian negotiators to reconsider and come to the talks in the Swiss mountains.
—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Thematically the Summit map is set in China, in a Radiant training academy nestled in the mountains.
—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The couple own and are the only employees of a small auto shop just west of Appalachian State University in the North Carolina mountains.
—
Andrew Jones,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
Nostalgia, especially when well done a second time around, means mountains at the box office and a tremendous amount to moviegoers.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains
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The views from the peaks are wonderful and the finishing hole may be one of the region’s best.
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
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Lithium batteries often maintain more consistent performance throughout their charge cycle, a trait that may be noticeable when tackling hills or carrying heavier loads.
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This leads to higher fungal loads.
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Burnham’s victory piles pressure on Starmer to quit Burnham will head to London to be sworn in as a lawmaker as soon as Monday.
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This post was originally published on June 18 Bitcoin has struggled this year as the artificial intelligence investment boom piles pressure on crypto (even as BlackRock issues a massive $9 trillion prediction).
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There have been a number previous instances of that, including a Germanwings flight that crashed into the French alps in 2015, killing everyone aboard.
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Odds are most Dodgers fans haven’t seen, say, his Kunsthaus Bregenz, in a small town on the northern edge of the Austrian alps.
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The aim is to cut greenhouse gases from roughly 350,000 tons of organic waste a year and help Los Angeles finally comply with California’s ambitious Senate Bill 1383 composting mandates.
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There are tons of mice out there with an entire keypad’s worth of thumb buttons — the Razer Naga pioneered the genre.
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Most companies in the space are selling expensive diagnostics and supplement stacks to wealthy early adopters.
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Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
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About three dozen employees, by Caceres' estimate, made their way to the parking lot on one side of the facility.
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At least a dozen upcoming Catalan animation titles bid fair for international sales.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has been working with the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Control to identify trouble spots along roadways, steep hills and other areas.
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There are a surprisingly high number of weak ski resort courses, and many better golf operations tend to be at smaller market ski hills, so my focus is on the best golf courses at ski resorts, regardless of the size of the ski operations.
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“Mountains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountains. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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