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Southern California’s extreme heat is driven by a persistent high-pressure ridge that has parked over the region, causing sinking warming air with very little overnight relief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hike from ridge to reef Mason’s Travel tour company leads a guided hike through Mahé’s lush Morne Seychellois National Park to secluded Anse Major beach, followed by snorkeling at Cap Ternay Marine Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In fact, a large roughly ellipse-shaped ridge made of rock appears prominently underneath the top layers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Hugo, who lives in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has already reached an "abnormal" 199cm tall, about 6.5ft, or 19.2 hands, to the withers or ridge at the base of the neck.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

They all slogged back up to the ridge, mad as wet hens … or maybe drenched roosters.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

How did trucks and tourists and Californians manage the uphills and downhills among inclines and ridges that could be windy or icy or foggy, sometimes all at once?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The facade has vertical ridges running down the side, which Diamond said was inspired by the ribs of Saguaro cactuses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

"It looked absolutely disgusting, like Sellotape with like little ridges in it," said the 42-year-old from Cardiff.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Lucy also provided detailed views of Donaldjohanson's unusual shape, along with craters, ridges, and other surface features that help tell the story of its evolution.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

They have ridges on the side like quarters do.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

For about $70, a plastic surgeon injected the ridged cartilage of her ears with a hyaluronic-acid filler that caused her ears to perk up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Tripe stew, nachos, even “mac” and cheese arrive with ridged, cut-up fried dough standing in for potatoes, tortilla chips, or pasta.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025

Some placentas have evolved to be disklike, some are leaf-shaped, some ring-shaped, heart-shaped; some are ridged, branched, labyrinthine, or weblike.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

Similar ridged, porous surfaces could enhance air filtration and ventilation systems in skyscrapers and other structures.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

I reach out and touch the green rail, running my thumb across a ridged section where the paint is chipped and flaking.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

“These unusually strong ridging or troughing patterns will set up in different areas of the world and we just happen to be directly under it here,” Wheeler said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024

Applying a clustering technique to the 124 largest outbreaks, he found four patterns — and in all, there was mid-tropospheric high-pressure ridging centered over different portions of western North America.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

The researchers found that there’s an increased risk of combined ozone and particulate matter pollution during atmospheric ridging events.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2022

The frequency of these ridging patterns has increased significantly since 2000, according to the new research.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

He relies upon ridging, and the proper disposition of open furrows, in the old Greek way.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various