upper reaches
Example Sentences
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The experienced Hillary Dawa Sherpa vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain early on May 30.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Baldy’s upper reaches following the storm will come from the mountain itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Her efforts to elevate Diogenes into the upper reaches of the Greek intellectual pantheon are ingenious but ultimately unconvincing and, at times, misleading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The trust's data does not go far enough back to record exactly when salmon were last spotted in the river's upper reaches - but it believes the last sighting was more than a century ago.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
