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Easily recognized by their slender bodies, long pectoral fins, and rounded snouts, this species is often seen cruising in the open ocean, particularly along the edges of continental shelves, around seamounts, and near offshore reefs.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The second looks to obtain cobalt-rich crusts that have accumulated over millions of years on the tops of seamounts between depths of approximately 3,000 and 8,000 feet, by peeling these crusts off from the bedrock.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Deep sea minerals are found across the globe There are three main critical mineral deposits in the oceans: crusts on seamounts, potato-sized nodules and hydrothermal vents.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The second looks to obtain cobalt-rich crusts that have accumulated over millions of years on the tops of seamounts between depths of approximately 3,000 and 8,000 feet, by peeling these crusts off from the bedrock.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Deep sea minerals are found across the globe There are three main critical mineral deposits in the oceans: crusts on seamounts, potato-sized nodules and hydrothermal vents.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamount
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Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.—
Aminatta Forna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Aug. 2024
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Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.—
Paul Voosen,
Science | AAAS,
26 June 2019
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Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019
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Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
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Simple and stylish, this small microwave uses classic dial control knobs to set the timer up to 35 minutes and adjust the cooking power.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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There’s no flavoring your instrument outside of its own knobs or pre-amp, nor is there any gain to get overdrive.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The swarm attack happened near the summit of Lookout Mountain Preserve in north Phoenix on Saturday morning, the Phoenix Fire Department said.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
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Losing his grip Even with his career at its pinnacle and before his back became chronically balky, Woods found his way onto tabloid headlines.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Madison Square Park Tower represents the pinnacle of New York living.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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