altitude
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Doughty said the Kings need to wear down the Avalanche, something they clearly couldn’t do in the two games played in Denver’s mile-high altitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
AST SpaceMobile, which is working to develop a space-based cellular broadband network, said in a statement that "the altitude is too low to sustain operations."
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Parachutes are set to deploy at an altitude of 22,000 feet, and then at 6,000 feet, to slow Orion’s descent to about 20 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But the justices were not inclined to let him remain at that altitude for long.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
And despite our measured pace I had begun to feel the effects of the altitude, which left me light-headed and constantly fighting for breath.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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