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Some feature suspension bridges that cross chasms or waterfalls, and others end with a zip line back to terra firma.
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AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Some of the terrain includes a waterfall, California live oak trees, sycamore trees, volcanic rocks, a freshwater marsh and locals such as Pacific tree frogs, mallard ducks, raccoons and coyotes.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
The highest waterfall in the Milford Sound was five hundred feet, or half the height at which Ivor had flown us from Christchurch.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Some of the terrain includes a waterfall, California live oak trees, sycamore trees, volcanic rocks, a freshwater marsh and locals such as Pacific tree frogs, mallard ducks, raccoons and coyotes.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
The highest waterfall in the Milford Sound was five hundred feet, or half the height at which Ivor had flown us from Christchurch.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterfall
cascade
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The illnesses have been traced back to pastas used in ready-to-eat products at grocery stores like Walmart and Kroger nationwide, including in the commonwealth, prompting a cascade of developing recalls.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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The illnesses have been traced back to pastas used in ready-to-eat products at grocery stores like Walmart and Kroger nationwide, prompting a cascade of developing recalls.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Waterfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfall. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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