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
Weeping orange gashes oozed spores that spiraled down the harrowed bodies of the ancient giants.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023
Other required gear: a whistle, goggles, compression bandage for emergency gashes and a tether for teams.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Clods of mud filled the old sword gashes in the ghoul’s grey skin.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
