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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tors
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Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries.—
Cari Shane,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025 -
Enchantment's accommodations include casitas and suites, with designs and decor inspired by the Southwest desert landscape and views of Sedona's red rock buttes.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Accessible only by boat, the park is known for dramatic cliffs, wildlife encounters, kayaking, and hiking.—
Chantelle Kincy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The hotel sits above a deep valley, with ancient caves built into the cliffs.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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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
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One of the top projects in front of SANDAG, the regional planning agency, is relocating two miles of rail off the Del Mar bluffs, including a so far contentious process of selecting a new route.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Start this portion of the Florida National Scenic Trail—the Florida Trail, for short—from Southwest 79th Terrace in Jasper, then hike past cypress trees and limestone bluffs on the nearly eight-mile one-way trip to Holton Creek River Camp.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife dedicated a new pedestrian bridge on Thursday in Eldorado Canyon State Park, where steep sandstone cliffs and precipitous crags have lured expert rock climbers from around the world since the 1970s.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the decades that followed, outdoor climbing was effectively reserved for those with ready access to crags and gear, who had ample time and energy to burn.—
Kelli María Korducki,
HubSpot,
17 Oct. 2025
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Take the time to ponder outdated habits or emotional scars.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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Steep fjord walls around the island are littered with the scars of past rockslides.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Tors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tors. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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