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Recent Examples of hogback
These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogback
Noun
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Additionally, the applicants aim to honor the sacred and historical significance of the buttes to Native American history and mythology.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Comprising nearly 463,000 acres of private and leased public land centered on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the American Prairie reserve is decidedly un-tropical, a rolling shortgrass prairie that stretches out to the horizon, punctuated by smatterings of trees and rocky buttes.—
Adam Roy,
Outside Online,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fun fact: The Pine Ridge is a 100-mile-long escarpment of sandstone bluffs and the main geologic feature of northwest Nebraska.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside Online,
20 May 2025
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The rim is a 1,200-foot-tall escarpment that rises dramatically above a broad valley, giving you the perfect perch for spotting the show.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
3 Mar. 2025
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Photo by Barbara Smits/Shutterstock Miner’s Beach Shingleton, Michigan Sandstone cliffs stained red, blue, and brown by minerals line Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.—
Elaine Glusac,
AFAR Media,
6 June 2025
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Markets rose in early trading Friday, with S&P 500 futures up 0.8% and bond yields nudging higher, reflecting investor confidence that the economy is cooling gradually — not falling off a cliff.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
6 June 2025
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Downtown Bay Saint Louis has very little elevation, so many buildings were destroyed in Katrina though a small bluff protected some of the buildings located in the downtown area.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Republicans called his bluff and brought the bill to a vote, and even Rangel voted against it.—
Deepti Hajela,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The rupturing fault created an approximately 20 meters (or 65 feet) high new scarp on the seafloor, which in turns caused the water displacement and a series of six tsunami moving both east towards Sumatra, and west towards Sri Lanka, India and Africa—eventually reaching the Atlantic and Pacific.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Ukraine invasion — explained The bruising artillery battle in Ukraine has left a scar that is visible from space Lewis also saw no evidence that Israel had struck at tunnels deep beneath a nearby mountain.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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The Director informs her that the scar is the mark of a rival group of killers with which the Ruska Roma maintains a permanent mutual pact of nonaggression, and orders Eve to stand down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
Noun
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There are three crags, and the plan is to develop one at a time, says J.D. Borgeson, the coalition's treasurer.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2025
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Ultimately, the Clear Creek crags would only flirt with the wildfire.—
Hannah Provost,
Outside Online,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Hogback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogback. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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