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Recent Examples of cwm
Now, just one remains, lodged into a cwm west of Pico Humboldt.
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The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cwm
Noun
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Throughout the run beneath the cirque of the Continental Divide, cruising up a gradual ascent towards a glacier-fed lake, my Overland Half Tight shorts remained comfortable.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside,
14 Aug. 2025
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Ditch the giant Hula-Hoop in Vegas Even though Fremont Street’s pedestrian mall resembles a circus, the Las Vegas City Council does not permit such cirque contraptions as unicycles or Hula-Hoops wider than 4 feet.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Doctors couldn't tell her how severe the cleft would be or any other complications that may be involved with Benji's diagnosis.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
3 Sep. 2025
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The snowboarder, who has not been identified at this time, slid down roughly 100 feet and landed inside a bergschrund, or crevasse in a mass of ice.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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While the team tried to pull him up to safety, his belt broke, and Bell went back down into the crevasse.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The French Alps Why: Conquering the storied HC (hors catégorie) climbs and cols of the French Alps provides the ultimate cycling bragging rights.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
13 May 2025
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The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain.—
Jessica McKenzie,
National Geographic,
16 Nov. 2020
Noun
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Sure, there are some spots that are vulnerable to cheap homers, but the middle third of the field is a canyon, and all other types of base hits are suppressed there.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The canyon between Laura and the couple remains vast after Laura told Cherry in Episode 3 that Daniel died after his rock-climbing accident just to get Cherry out of their lives.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Key prevention strategies include sealing cracks and crevices in walls, roofs, and around windows and doors.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The females wait folded within crevices in bark.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The two turnovers put the Panthers in a 10-point hole in the middle of the first quarter, and they were forced to climb out of the abyss all game.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Cwm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cwm. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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