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ridge

[rij] / rɪdʒ /


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Soon after the airman landed, he was able to get to an elevated ridge and make contact by activating an emergency beacon to send his proof of life, according to senior officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

One came from the top of a ridge, another from bedrock inside a hollow, and a third from an area Curiosity passed through before reaching the ridges.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Hardesty encountered a large rattlesnake while running along a narrow ridge trail in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park near Laguna Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The high-pressure ridge this week is expected to go “all the way up through Canada into southern Alaska,” said Carol Ciliberti, a meteorologist with the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

By mid-afternoon, they’d clambered off the last ice ridge and started zigzagging down the slope.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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