tor

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Noun
  • L'Auberge debuted 70 new rooms known as The Cliffs, which overlook Oak Creek Canyon and feature panoramic views of Sedona's red rock buttes.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Courses are high-quality desert golf with lots of elevation changes, exposed rocks, and a few dramatic signature holes, most famously the third on the Mountain course, a short par-three with a tee on a cliff and the green atop a rocky butte.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the notion that the two-state solution can be prevented by this or that settlement or some Israeli declaration has always been a bluff—and those recognizing Palestine today are calling it.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Weyman needed geological tests to ensure the stability of his bluff-top lot.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
Noun
  • The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Slow-moving thunderstorms frequently unleash catastrophic downpours over the South Fork burn scar, a region still reeling from two fires that scorched over 15,000 acres and destroyed 1,400 structures.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mo Thenell put the Eagles on the precipice of tying the game with a 13-yard TD run, but Monroe and While Adame applied pressure on the extra point to secure the win for the Rebels (2-3).
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Caribs encamped on the summit of a steep cliff surrounded by high precipices, which could only be climbed by a narrow secret pathway.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mickey piloted the boat to the cliffs, dropped anchor, and the four of them swam to shore.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Dramatic limestone cliffs ensure picture-perfect views at every turn, and, even in the height of summer, sweeping beaches ensure there's room for everyone on the sand.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The trail also leads to access points for crags with more than 350 individual routes frequented by Denver-area climbers, and up toward mountaintophomes on Conifer Mountain, just outside the park.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The farther away from a scarp, the lesser the hazard.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • That is a clear fingerprint of an earthquake, one that, according to the rounding and wear and sloping of the scarp, occurred about 2.6 million years ago.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 July 2025
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“Tor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tor. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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