mountainous
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More than a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes, mostly in the mountainous county of Hualien in Taiwan's east, where authorities are monitoring two barrier dams.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Harry once lived in this mountainous region of Italy and was a friend of Giancarlo Albanese, a former village mayor, and his son, Gino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“SR-9 is a windy mountainous road,” Lee said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The task companies face is "mountainous", according to Dr Rumman Chowdhury, an expert in evaluating AI models and chief executive of Humane Intelligence.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Short-Snout has fewer human killings to its name than most dragons, though as it prefers to live in wild and uninhabited mountainous areas, this is not much to its credit.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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