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In September, high tides and powerful wave activity from Hurricane Marie buffeted the San Clemente coastline, temporarily halting Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service after more erosion and slope damage was spotted near the train tracks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The runway slope and width create what’s known as a crowned runway illusion that distorts a pilot’s perception of height and distance during their final approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

A steep slope makes water move quickly, while a shallow slope produces slower flow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Lo, the downward slope of 2026—already, by this writing, a record year in value for IPOs and mergers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Before she realized what was happening, the lane began to curve at the bottom of the slope.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

"We made our own paths on mountain slopes," he said, after returning to base camp in Pokhara on Tuesday night.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nestled on the western borderlands of the war-torn country, the sunlit slopes of the wine-growing Zakarpattia region have largely escaped the fighting that has ravaged other parts of the country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Researchers at the University of Montpellier's Laboratory of Geography and Land Planning have developed evacuation routes that account for slopes, obstacles, walking speeds, and potential bottlenecks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

A 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed 9,000 people has also made the southern slopes of the Himalayas more unstable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He stood and looked out over the barren slopes.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Just up the sloped bank, Antonio Solano and Erick Torres were sweeping outside their tent, where they live under the Glendale Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The vineyard for the domaine’s namesake wine is in the village of Vosne-Romanée, where vines grow on a gently sloped plot of less than 5 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Amplitude: Athletes must land in a designated spot in a sloped area.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Now that his youngest son had moved out, the 56-year-old retired home builder wanted to downsize from his 6-acre, sloped property to a 2,200 square-foot house in Hayden, Idaho, which he had built himself.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025

We were going through farming country with rocky hills that sloped down into the fields.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

From that restaurant Cardoso could look out the window and see sloping hills and Lucas’ Wagyu cows raised there on the farm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, the terminal has a dramatic, glass-walled facade with a sloping roofline that recalls a wingspan.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Also, the rest of the term structure is sloping upwards, and the futures are trading at a premium to VIX.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Fix the Fells' partnership manager Isabel Berry said the route's "sloping, slippery surface is currently difficult to walk on" leading people to use the areas at either side.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

So instead of sloping off upstairs I went into the living room to watch Tomorrow's World on TV.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell