terrain

Example Sentences

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Rovers are also built to conserve energy and avoid hazards, so they move slowly across rough terrain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Although the title character creates plenty of speed bumps in the lives of the men and women in Gina Gionfriddo’s tough-minded dark comedy “Becky Shaw,” the terrain was rough to begin with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The Algodones Dunes stretch toward the horizon in pale, wind-sculpted ridges, a narrow ribbon of shifting terrain running south into Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

That had sparked a race over the weekend in mountainous terrain, with images posted on social media of US aircraft and helicopters flying low over Iran as part of search-and-rescue operations.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The soil is rocky, the terrain steep, and the weather so bad that people take actual pride in it.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson