mountains

Example Sentences

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“It is significant that this facility was placed in the middle of Yongbyon, and not somewhere deep in the mountains that the external community is not looking at,” Shin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Fujimori began her election day having breakfast in the Lima suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in Peru, where impoverished neighbourhoods crowd the steep, dusty mountains.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Immense and imposing, formed through the downward trajectory of water from mountains as it collects and freezes, they have always moved.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Mostly nationals of Malawi and Mozambique, many told AFP they had fled their homes at the weekend and spent nights in the mountains and bush, before making their way to the small-town community centres.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

After serving a thirteen-month sentence, he escaped yet again—this time, seeking refuge at his family’s home in the remote mountains of North Carolina.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly