flatland

Example Sentences

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The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“I think a lot of it is that we populate the scene between the flatland of L.A. and the Griffith Park hill.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

In other world championships decided Thursday, Yu Shoji of Japan won the men’s BMX freestyle flatland competition and Aude Cassagne of France took the women’s title.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2023

On Monday, an incoming typhoon which turned into a tropical storm forced organisers to call quits and evacuate all participants from the Saemangeum area- a vast, treeless flatland.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

On flatland, nothing could catch them, and even on hills and rocky terrain, there was nothing short of Araby close to their equal.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman