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tor

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Thompson’s work is more personal, painted from the perspective of a hiker passing through an open space, looking up and around at the buttes and the flora, exploring unspoiled ground in search of some spiritual connection to nature.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of butte

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There’s no such thing as a basic room here; even the smallest ones, at 240 to 260 square feet, look out over the bluffs to whitecaps winking in the sun.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Arriving guests are greeted by local baqueanos, or Chilean horsemen, in traditional ponchos, ready to lead trail rides along coastal bluffs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

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Filming ‘Roar’ Filming her mother and stepfather’s passion project, Roar, left the young actress with a scar after she was slashed by a lioness on set.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026
So the county is now stepping in, or at least trying to, with its New Roots Eaton Canyon Pilot Program, to test the soil for those living in the burn scar.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of scar

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How Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith, at the precipice of becoming generational voices themselves, turned down his invitation to join the madness.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
Timing is everything; the piece ran on May 31st, on the precipice of Pride Month, and that gave it an incendiary lift.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026

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Employees leaving the company can also take their company MacBooks with them, and Canva is removing the one-year vesting cliff for people who joined in the past year.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
The structure is carved into the pale rock, its interconnected chambers following the curves of the cliff.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of cliff

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The pilot tried to abort but lost control; the jet crashed through a fence, crossed a five-lane highway, came to rest on an embankment and burst into flames.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
The trains involved were operated by AVE and Iryo, according to local media, with at least two carriages said to have fallen down an embankment after the crash.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of embankment

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The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

Definition of escarpment

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Of all the crazy things that had befallen him since skiing Everest—Prince Harry buying him rounds, Meghan Markle texting him on the crag, dining with John Malkovich—one stood out.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Prepare to be awestruck during your first view of Crater Lake, a massive cobalt waterway flanked by a dome of steep crag.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026

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