pockmark

Example Sentences

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These sediment gravity flows appear to cause erosion in the center of each pockmark, maintaining these unique underwater morphologic features over time.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

They pockmark downtowns with stretches of asphalt that separate businesses and spread out cities, leading to more driving, and more parking, even in areas with mass transit.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

So many uranium mines, mills and waste piles pockmark the Navajo Nation that the Environmental Protection Agency created a comic book superhero, Gamma Goat, to warn Diné children away from the sites.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022

More than 500 abandoned uranium mines pockmark the Navajo Nation, and Billiman’s father, a Navajo code talker in World War II, died of stomach cancer, an illness associated with downwind exposure to nuclear tests.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022

I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer