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ravine

[ruh-veen] / rəˈvin /


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On Monday afternoon, low cloud shrouded the deep ravine, and the National Weather Service warned of more flooding with rain and thunderstorms in the forecast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

For more than 40 years, starting in the 1960s when Greenville was a hub of the textile industry, much of the ravine was obscured by a four-lane bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Out the window, I noticed a spot in the alley where the thawing and freezing of ice had created a ravine, where car tires would get lodged and trap the driver.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

A British couple have been found down a ravine, badly burned and semi-conscious, after being caught up in the deadly wildfires that tore through Spain's Almeria province, according to local media.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

They led over a barren field, then to a shallow ravine.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

In the most commanding painting of this section, Jeong Seon’s “Clearing After Rain on Mt. Inwang” from 1751, roiling clusters of dark hills are split by hidden ravines and jutting waterfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Rubaya sits on steep hillsides carved by deep ravines with dirt roads, often impassable during the rainy season, winding between unstable slopes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

That was particularly threatening to people living in the steep hills and ravines around Acapulco’s bay, which are susceptible to mudslides.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

The group, which also includes an off-duty nurse and a marine biologist, are spending their Saturday carefully searching ravines and gullies that hardly anyone ever reaches for signs of a missing hillwalker.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023

She allowed her vision to go wide, to hook over hills and ravines and ridges, to creep over the curve of the world.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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