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Recent Examples of hogback
These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
The complex sits downhill from the main part of town along a hogback ridge and has its own parking lot.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Red sandstone hogbacks, Horsetooth Reservoir coves and bridges are some of the highlights while snowshoeing here, while elevation stays at a pretty constant 5,500 feet or so above sea level.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 Dec. 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
The home is on a ¾-acre site that slopes into open space, allowing for a daylit, finished walk-out lower level, plus an entertainment-sized deck overlooking the hogback ridges and peekaboo views of city lights beyond.
—Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
Some runners combine those trails with the Dakota Ridge hogback across the highway, a run of about 7 miles in total.
—John Meyer, The Know, 22 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogback
Noun
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Another legend suggests the name came from two local buttes resembling piles of horse manure — the actual meaning of the word.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
7 May 2025
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Image The forest stretches as far as the eye can see, over multiple buttes that rise dome-like out of the ground.—
Michael Hanson,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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As sunrise paints the rocks crimson only the call of baboons echoing between rocky escarpments punctuates the silence.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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Fun fact: The Pine Ridge is a 100-mile-long escarpment of sandstone bluffs and the main geologic feature of northwest Nebraska.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside Online,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The early morning temple grounds are green and quiet, stacks of stone carvings lean against each other inside tall alcoves carved out of the cliff by centuries of water.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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Looking Forward Merck’s acquisition strategy reflects management’s understanding of the Keytruda cliff and their determination to address it.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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This wide, unruffled stretch of water framed by wooded bluffs is prime bald eagle territory.—
Giovanna Dell'orto,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Thus, the new project is to be built 25 feet from the bluff.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The rupturing fault created an approximately 20 meters (or 65 feet) high new scarp on the seafloor, which in turns caused the water displacement and a series of six tsunami moving both east towards Sumatra, and west towards Sri Lanka, India and Africa—eventually reaching the Atlantic and Pacific.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Then the complications start — Jess can’t ignore the scars of her past relationship, and Felix’s struggles with addiction and commitment come back to haunt him.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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With the scars of the possible anti-LGBTQ+ attack still visible, here was The Sugar Maple, not deterred.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Climbers also need to allow up to an hour for walking to the crag.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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Rebirth unfolds across a formidable, often beautiful landscape of crags, jungle, rivers and ruins, both modern and ancient.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Hogback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogback. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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