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Recent Examples of dell
Watson Lake: Enjoy kayaking or paddleboarding, or simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery around this stunning lake surrounded by ancient granite dells.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek.
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Mare Czinar,
The Arizona Republic,
7 Mar. 2024
To stay warm, avoid sleeping in any dips, dells, or washes, as cold air will sink and settle into them (and onto you).
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Diana Helmuth,
Outdoor Life,
29 Nov. 2023
Perhaps an out-of-place twinkle from deep in the rustle of some bushes, or a delicate rainbow in the light of the local dell.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2022
Hi-ho-a-dario a spoiler in the dell!
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Erik Kain,
Forbes,
12 July 2022
The dell flourished for years until a big storm in 1995 toppled the trees.
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Carl Nolte,
SFChronicle.com,
24 Oct. 2020
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Fractured and rounded by years of geological upheavals and exposure to the sculpting effects of weather, the dells are a cluster of nooks, crannies and blind curves interrupted by the course of Boulder Creek.
—
Mare Czinar,
The Arizona Republic,
7 Mar. 2024
To stay warm, avoid sleeping in any dips, dells, or washes, as cold air will sink and settle into them (and onto you).
—
Diana Helmuth,
Outdoor Life,
29 Nov. 2023
Perhaps an out-of-place twinkle from deep in the rustle of some bushes, or a delicate rainbow in the light of the local dell.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2022
Hi-ho-a-dario a spoiler in the dell!
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
12 July 2022
The dell flourished for years until a big storm in 1995 toppled the trees.
—
Carl Nolte,
SFChronicle.com,
24 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dell
Noun
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Pause for lunch, then drift through fishing villages, beaches and glens that define Donegal’s rugged character.
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The eldest of Scotland’s two national parks, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, is centered around Great Britain’s largest freshwater lake, Loch Lomond, alongside the mountains, forests, and glens of the Trossachs.
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
Noun
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Flames crossed west over the Dolores River and made a push up the canyon and onto the rim, Operations Section Chief Toby Cook said in an update Saturday morning.
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Well over four million people visit each year, so those looking to avoid the masses may want to consider heading to the less-popular North Rim of the canyon.
Noun
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From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.
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Letchworth State Park, recently named Best State Park in USA TODAY’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards, offers 66 miles of hiking trails, a 600-foot gorge and three popular waterfalls.
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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From rolling vineyards to lush river valleys, high limestone bluffs to some pretty great lakes, this region of the United States is often overlooked.
Noun
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The pitch, as expected, appeared to have lost its spite nearing lunch when Latham, who had hung tough for 74 deliveries, tried turning Jofra Archer to the leg side but found a leading edge that Jacob Bethell superbly snatched out of the air at gully.
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On June 6, 1966, on a stretch of Highway 51 just south of Hernando, Mississippi, a portly, middle-aged white man named Aubrey Norvell stepped out of a gully, lifted his shotgun and fired three shots at James Meredith, a Black civil rights activist and Air Force veteran.
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Her journey takes her to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.
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But Mary’s journey takes her far beyond that familiar estate — to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.
Noun
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The fiberglass artworks built by the Ángeleses are enormous, measuring nearly 8 feet tall, 9 feet wide and 4 feet deep, and visually stunning against the hills and dales of Sonoma Valley.
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Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.
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“Dell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dell. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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