upper reaches
Example Sentences
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By 191, Severus was governor of a province on the upper reaches of the Danube.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Baldy changes after a winter storm, when the upper reaches are blanketed in snow and ice and a slip in the wrong place can lead to a catastrophic, unstoppable fall.
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
Starting in 2018, the research team carried out extensive field surveys in the upper reaches of the Dadu River.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
Steam began to coalesce in a film of vapor on the upper reaches of the windows, closing the courtroom in a little, muffling the pale morning light.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
