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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
Popular with mountain bikers, trail runners and hikers, this hike will provide some elevation gain, then views of the plains and the hogbacks.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 July 2019
Soon these will give way to starker vistas of tenuous grassland and hogback mesa.
—Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
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
Popular with mountain bikers, trail runners and hikers, this hike will provide some elevation gain, then views of the plains and the hogbacks.
—Mindy Sink, The Know, 6 July 2019
Soon these will give way to starker vistas of tenuous grassland and hogback mesa.
—Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogback
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The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Hike back down the Beach Trail from the visitors center through chaparral and sandy bluffs to the shore at Flat Rock, where rain has eroded deep arroyos into the 300-foot sandstone escarpments.—
Dakota Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
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It was built of a tough wood that only grew along a small escarpment near the village.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2024
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Tiny the hound became stranded in the middle of the cliff face near the mountain’s summit on Jan. 1, Mesa County Search and Rescue said on Facebook.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some solid increases across the board here suggest that with at least these two titles (admittedly, a tiny sample size), the RTX 5090 may not see too much of a cliff with older games.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Courtesy Sherry Citron Situated atop hills and bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Palisades is known as a playground for the rich and famous.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades, rising on bluffs and foothills over the Pacific Ocean near the elite communities of Malibu and Santa Monica, has long been an enclave for those looking to escape the urban bustle of Los Angeles.—
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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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
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Earlier this week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed executive orders aimed at expediting recovery, emphasizing the importance of removing hazardous waste from the burn scars to ensure safe recovery.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Once new skin tissue forms, the wound closes and eventually forms a scar.—
Michael Menna,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Mountaineering The greater Stockholm area is an urban rock climber’s playground, with granite crags everywhere — including Kanalklippan, a blasted rock face along the Danvik canal in the city center.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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All those records and tapes and spools and switches and knobs feel as much part of the landscape as the thistles, the moss, the crags, the forests.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
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The other, though crucial, faces steep palisades and deep waters, requiring more time and resources.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Recent additions to the grounds include The Ralston Family Collections Center, a Mission Gate and Lunette, and replicas of an 18-pounder cannon and a palisade, all part of the $550 million Alamo Plan.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Hogback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogback. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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