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Adjective
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The fort was built on the craggy outpost between 1852 and 1854 as part of a wider plan to strengthen national defenses against a possible Napoleonic invasion, according to the property listing.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
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Seagulls, which mate for life and return to the same nesting spots each year, have their nests all along the craggy cliffs and on almost every rooftop in what the parents deem safe spots from predators.—
Monica Deeks,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Canyon Fire is burning in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles and has been spreading toward the community of Castaic in L.A. County.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
9 Aug. 2025
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Dry and hot conditions, with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees, in mountainous terrain make containing the blaze difficult for thousands of firefighters responding to the area, according to Ruggiero.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
9 Aug. 2025
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Blair, who lives in Johnson County, drove to the area and was charmed by the fact that the land was not flat, but was quite hilly.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
17 July 2025
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But in my hilly area that also gets extremely windy, this bike performed like a champ.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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While about half of Baby Boomers will have no long-term care expenses, costs will be steep for those who do.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Per Baseball Savant, Bichette has ranked 406 among major leaguers for sprint speed this year, a steep decline from the 289th spot last year.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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All of this costly, but even more costly for MP Materials has been the precipitous decline in rare earth prices over the past couple of years, which has hit the bottom line hard.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Tokyo — Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to government data.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Prior estimates all relied on a method that incorporates the length and vertical relief of uplifted landforms, but that produces different shrinkage estimates depending on the number of faults included in the dataset.—
Sarah Stanley,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Scarped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarped. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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