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outcropping

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We also examined the microscopic bits of silica left behind by plants, ancient pollen, and airborne charcoal from natural fires retrieved from ancient riverbed and lake outcrops in the Serengeti plains.

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I visited Trieste three years ago, ate, drank, wandered and waded into the Adriatic Sea, glimpsing ancient limestone outcrops in the distance.

Or China, which is busily trying to redraw the Pacific map around every rock outcropping?

Police say the bassist turned gunman stepped onto a third floor outcropping and fired through a window.

Schettino was the captain of the Costa Concordia when it crashed into an outcropping off Giglio last Jan. 13.

The rock was a wide, outcropping band curving steeply to the summit on the eastern aspect.

Finally they reached the outcropping of rock a few hundred feet up the river bank.

Bordering the coast there was a linear group of islets and outcropping rocks at which we had hoped to touch.

Half-way down the cliff on an outcropping shelf of rock the man lay, face downward, motionless.

Sandy, stooping behind the outcropping, also trembled, partly with excitement and partly with fear.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to outcropping, such as: conclusion, consequence, decision, development, event, and issue.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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