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landslide

noun as in landslip

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noun as in great victory

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“We have seven active volcanoes; we have landslides; we have tsunamis; we have thousands of miles of active faults.”

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Mexican survivors of floods and landslides that killed at least 66 people last week have appealed for urgent aid, saying they are worried about disease outbreaks as rotting animal carcasses pile up in the mud.

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Even when presidents are elected by a landslide, a large share of the people vote against them, and the opposition party in Congress speaks for this minority more than the president usually does.

Torrential rains battered several Mexican states over several days last week, turning village streets into rivers, triggering landslides and sweeping away roads and bridges.

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The heavy rains, caused by two tropical storms, triggered landslides and caused rivers to overflow, sweeping away entire homes as well as roads and cars.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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