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Recent Examples of mountaintop
Up on the mountain, skiers and riders can find one of the best hills in the east, and non-skiers can enjoy a gondola ride to a mountaintop meal.
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Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
The damage threatens one of the Bay Area’s most significant scientific landmarks — a telescope that helped shape modern astronomy and still draws thousands of visitors each year to the mountaintop east of San Jose.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Ladis and Jess Hoefkens, both 37, tied the knot on a snowy mountaintop in France on March 28 — and the bride made a dramatic entrance on skis, with her father leading her down the slope.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
This roughly 4-mile out-and-back trail starts on the refuge’s southwestern side and climbs through the hills and above the Sweetwater Reservoir before reaching the mountaintop, where there is an American flag and one honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
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Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
The damage threatens one of the Bay Area’s most significant scientific landmarks — a telescope that helped shape modern astronomy and still draws thousands of visitors each year to the mountaintop east of San Jose.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Ladis and Jess Hoefkens, both 37, tied the knot on a snowy mountaintop in France on March 28 — and the bride made a dramatic entrance on skis, with her father leading her down the slope.
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
This roughly 4-mile out-and-back trail starts on the refuge’s southwestern side and climbs through the hills and above the Sweetwater Reservoir before reaching the mountaintop, where there is an American flag and one honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaintop
Noun
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So, of course, wealthy clientele attending Goldman Sachs’ annual summit were all ears.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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At last month’s ASEAN summit, leaders reaffirmed the Five Point Consensus as the central framework for addressing Burma’s crisis.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Our destination was a cluster of coral pinnacles called Rib Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef’s outer edge.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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For nearly a century, the Oscars stood as a gleaming cathedral to Hollywood prestige, the pinnacle of artistic achievement.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The most important horn sound wasn’t included in that total, though.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The protest was divided between both sides of the intersection and cars streaming through the rush hour traffic are laying on their horns.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Mountaintop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountaintop. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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