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valley

[val-ee] / ˈvæl i /


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“We were very intentional about the uncanny valley nature of this, so we made it intentionally abstract,” Dema says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

More than 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley in Nepal, rescuers continue to find survivors.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

AFP reporters flying by helicopter over the valley of destruction on Thursday saw entire sections of settlements swept away, leaving the landscape resembling a puzzle with pieces missing.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

With a flashlight, they milled around inside, then two of them used their arms to make a heart shape together in front of the view of the valley.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

I shaded my eyes and looked across the valley to see the cliffs in the distance and the tree that sheltered Patrick’s Well.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

“I’m addicted,” she told a Wall Street Journal reporter as she steered her four-wheel-drive down the steep, winding valleys north of Shangri-La on a recent day in August.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Temperatures in some parts of the coast and nearby valleys could drop 4 to 8 degrees Thursday, while only dropping a degree or two in the mountains and foothills, the Weather Service’s Oxnard office said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Rescue crews in helicopters have been plucking survivors from along the valleys ravaged in the tsunami-like flow of water and debris apparently unleashed by a glacier's collapse.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Rock glaciers commonly develop beneath steep mountain valleys or cirques where falling debris regularly collects.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

There was no breath of wind; everything was quiet; it was the time of the long twilight that valleys have while the sun is still setting outside.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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