ravine
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A man has died and 27 others have been injured after a bus carrying British tourists crashed into a ravine in La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, local emergency services have said.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“We left the wild running ravine in the back of the house and we built what I called the art deck,” she adds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
And in 2019, at least 35 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine on the western island of Sumatra.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain—The rock-strewn path hugs the jagged peaks of the Montserrat mountains, winding along a deep ravine for much of the way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
The path led Hazel up an incline, and now she was moving along a ridge above the ravine.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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"The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Ravine" by Graham Salisbury
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