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mountainous

[moun-tn-uhs] / ˈmaʊn tn əs /


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The underlying work has a mountainous landscape in the style of hit television painter Bob Ross.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Whitney, trekking over mountainous terrain of at least 13,000-foot elevation to get there, said Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

After a couple of months, they went to a mountainous village south of Valencia called Villalonga to live with a woman called Trixie.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

After Tony Dunn lost his home in a California wildfire, he moved to mountainous North Carolina to avoid more climate disasters.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

I thought that if I kept talking, and praying underneath, and if we kept moving along those mountainous roads, we had a chance.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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