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The unique red rock buttes often show up in movies, calendars and magazines.
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Towering buttes shoot out of waving prairie grasses.
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Biarritz is a tourist destination known for its rugged cliffs, beaches and status as one of Europe’s premier surfing spots.
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His calling-card changeup dove off cliffs and past the bats of Yankees hitters, who whiffed at 12 of them.
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Just beyond the tips of your toes, the precipices and terraces on the walls of the canyon plunged in a series of immense stair steps — down and down again for nearly 6,000 vertical feet.
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Just watch out for those precipices.
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Teams should be much more aggressive in calling bluffs from agents in situations like this.
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The Pacific Coast Highway is one of America’s most scenic drives, with stunning bluffs and designated vista points featuring sparkling ocean views.
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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.
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This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
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That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.
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Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.
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The optical illusion reminded early settlers of the blockades of wooden stakes, or palisades, built around forts to ward off threats.
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In 2014, the regional nonprofit group SOS Sahel came to Barkadroussou and taught villagers to stabilize the dunes by building palisades of palm fronds.
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The emotional toll of surviving a gunshot wound Dewey never tried to hide the scars.
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With all the scars, the pain, the regret and, yes, the love.
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“Tors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tors. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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