Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tor
Noun
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On-site trails and yoga atop a butte make for a complete wellness package—one that will spur an appetite.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026 -
As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her burial site wasn’t far from where other prehistoric remains have been discovered over the years, on what was once a bluff overlooking the river.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Later, Bey worried her C-section scar might be infected.—
Laura Ungar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The recent scars of Hezbollah's activities were all too visible.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Every character in this book is at a precipice of a change.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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These people are sitting on the precipice of the greatest technology ever created that has no parallel.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It's been three months since a ceasefire ended bitter border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand, but signs of combat are cut deep in this 11th-century temple atop a 525-meter (1,722-foot) cliff in the Dangrek Mountain range.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The man’s home was on a small, nearby lake, surrounded by cliffs to jump from.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The crash comes just more than five years after Woods was involved in a serious rollover crash near Los Angeles, when his car went off the road going more than 80 mph and down an embankment in the Pacific Palisades in February 2021.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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Officials said the scared dog ran and jumped over the railing and fell down the embankment.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dan shone his flashlight in the crags of a rock wall, and the antennae of hundreds of spiny lobsters waved in its beam.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Her travels are usually inspired by mountain bike trails, classic crags, and whatever is happening in the sky.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Tor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tor. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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