Andes

Example Sentences

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He also pushed through a contentious glacier law last week opening parts of the Andes to copper mining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The bird uses this ornate tail to attract mates, yet its forest habitat has been eroded by population growth, farming, and logging, leaving it confined to a small area of the northern Andes.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Inca civilization, based high in the Andes, built the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas before European arrival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

But, as Chance Andes, the warden of San Quentin, pointed out last week, “Humanity is safety,” and treating incarcerated people like, well, people, actually makes them want to behave better.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

For instance, the mass production of bronze tools, which was just beginning in the South American Andes in the centuries before A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond