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Recent Examples of outcrop
Five friends traveled from Florida to be on a rock outcropping to witness the celestial event.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The environmental data is being collected at San Martin West over an outcropping copper-silver mineralization trend that has been mapped for over 2.3 km of strike including 5.8m at 3.1% copper and 65 g/t silver from surface (previously reported).
—Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
—James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The environmental data is being collected at San Martin West over an outcropping copper-silver mineralization trend that has been mapped for over 2.3 km of strike including 5.8m at 3.1% copper and 65 g/t silver from surface (previously reported).
—Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
—James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcrop
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Now, an additional layer of complexity has surfaced.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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But as the search for WIMPs begins to falter with experiments continuing to turn up empty handed, new theories of dark matter are starting to surface.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Canyon Fire broke out on Thursday afternoon east of Lake Piru in Ventura County, earlier estimated at about 50 acres, before spreading to more than 1,000, according to fire officials.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Canyon Fire broke out on Thursday afternoon near the town of Piru in Ventura County, California, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Of course, this gives rise to some very important questions: What are the implications for privacy when so many of us are ready to share our deepest thoughts with AI companies?—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The benchmark 10-year note yield rose nearly 4 basis points to 4.328%.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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The traffic alert was issued Saturday at 7:16 p.m., and the last update concerning this incident was provided on Saturday at 7:19 p.m.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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Reuters — Air Canada plans to resume flights later on Sunday, a day after the government issued a directive to end a cabin crew strike that caused the suspension of around 700 daily flights, stranding more than 100,000 passengers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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The parking garage was previously eyed for demolition after a proposal emerged in 2020 to replace the old parking garage with a new one and build a 14-story office tower on the site, the Kansas City Business Journal reported at the time.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Day-Lewis has emerged from his retirement in a first-look photo of his new film, Anemone.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Outcrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrop. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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