gashes
Example Sentences
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Satellite images of Yapacana National Park in Amazonas show deep gashes in the earth, where miners have dug enormous open pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
On the salvaged tiles alone, you can find salt efflorescence, water stains, fretting, lichen, smears of soot, scratches and gashes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
The signs of devastation were all around us as we headed home – buildings had turned into rubble, small upturned boats sat in the middle of the streets and roads had great gashes in them.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023
The earth melts into red gashes like the mouths of whales.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
