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Rocky Mountains

[rok-ee moun-tnz] / ˈrɒk i ˈmaʊn tnz /


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There are dry, rocky mountains surrounding the area - no trees, no shade.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

They had borrowed money to hire coyotes, smugglers who charge as much as $15,000 to guide migrants through the rugged terrain and rocky mountains, to reach the United States.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2020

Seoul sits in a bowl, split by the Han River and surrounded by dramatic rocky mountains.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2015

Now the local American agriculture specialist wants to introduce alfalfa to these waterless, rocky mountains to feed herds of cattle principally pastured in his mind.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2010

The lands were beautiful, but nobody walked the meadows or fished in the clear waters, nobody explored the rocky mountains or stared up at the clouds.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman