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canyon

[kan-yuhn] / ˈkæn jən /
NOUN
gulf in mountain area
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Along the old Ridge Route is a stretch that earned the name and reputation of Dead Man’s Curve, and the canyon below it as “the Junkyard.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

New York's mayor Zohran Mamdani very quickly announced that a ticker tape parade down the canyon of heroes would be held on Thursday for the Knicks.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

The arrangement of passages, cracks, and openings can reveal how water travels through different layers of rock beneath the canyon.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

One facility, San Antonio de los Buenos, can’t handle the volume, so mostly untreated sewage pours through a canyon creek and into the Pacific 5 miles south of the border, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

I could literally see down into a canyon before us.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

You’ll see him at the ticker-tape parade in the urban canyons of the financial district on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

"These canyons are incredibly rich ecosystems and, until now, they've been largely unexplored because of the difficulty of working at such extreme depths," Dr. Nester said.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

Police said the helicopter was operated by Airborne Aviation, a company whose website advertises "a doors-off thrill seekers adventure tour" of the picturesque island's waterfalls, canyons, and beaches.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

Chuparosa and brittlebush are flowering along the grade and in canyons.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

In the twenties and thirties the loggers had come, and they stripped the canyons below the rim and cut great clearings on the plateau slopes.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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