scarped

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Adjective
  • Lost Dutchman State Park puts people up close to the craggy mountains' wilderness with abundant saguaro cactuses in the foreground, which can be seen from hiking trails ranging from easy to difficult.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
  • Norway is home to an embarrassment of perspective-altering landscapes—craggy mountains, beautiful fjords, and dramatic coastlines—making roaming outdoors all the more rewarding.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • In today’s world, glacial ice can persist in equatorial regions such as the Andes and Indonesia, but only on mountainous slopes several miles above sea level.
    Laura Poppick July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • However, the outfit had begun its preparations to enter the sport long ago, given the mountainous task of starting a new team from scratch.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
  • Here in a more hilly region, the siren would be blocked by the hills and would only be heard in a small area.
    For the Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • However, Trump has imposed steep new taxes on imports of Canadian steel, aluminum and autos, and Carney's team has focused on trying to get those eliminated or reduced.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
  • Photos show the recovery mission over the steep rock ledge.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • Witness the precipitous drop in renewable energy prices and energy storage, giving green fuels the inside track.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Still, no other Braves hitters have seen declines as precipitous as Albies and Harris. Albies, a three-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner, entered Friday with a .221 average, six homers and 28 RBIs to go with a .618 OPS that was 160 points below his .778 career OPS.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • If one looks straight downward from Scorpius one encounters the teapot shape of stars that is Sagittarius; in mid southern latitudes the teapot shape is almost vertical.
    Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 24 July 2025
  • Amazon says its facility has added 130 jobs on the Space Coast since 2024, and ULA has added to the economic impact as well by building out at second vertical integration facility at SLC 41.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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“Scarped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarped. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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