mesa

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Calderon and Murphey are dismayed by dirt bike tracks and moguls made of mud flecked with seashells that mar the mesa.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2023

It also says the fire sparked by its power line spread quickly because it was on top of a flat mesa, allowing the fire to spread along the ground, and ignited nearby vegetation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

Later, higher-resolution photographs with fewer shadows showed a pretty plain mesa.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

It was like a metal mesa, the length of a football field and as tall as goalposts.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan