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Recent Examples of outcrop
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
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James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
This exclusive, discrete resort (no photos allowed) consists of a series of bungalows set around a private lagoon, whose waters are protected from the waves by a rock outcropping dotted with deluxe beach chairs.
—Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
This exclusive, discrete resort (no photos allowed) consists of a series of bungalows set around a private lagoon, whose waters are protected from the waves by a rock outcropping dotted with deluxe beach chairs.
—Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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Unlike conventional search engines, Constructor’s platform is built from the ground up with AI for commerce, leveraging petabytes of commerce-specific data to predict and surface the most attractive products for each shopper.—
Andrea Wasserman,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The following day, an image of a faux Mount Rushmore featuring Eminem, Paul Wall, Russ, and the late Mac Miller (the original rappers proposed to be on the fictional monument) surfaced on social media.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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While a promising player, Booker was inconsistent at guard through his first two seasons before breaking out in 2024.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Parents clapped and whooped during a Davis Youth Softball Association game played in a field just a few yards from where gunfire broke out.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The company’s revenue rose 73% to 208 million ringgit in 2024 from the previous year, with nearly half coming from Singapore.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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These luxe hydrogel eye masks, infused with antioxidant-rich colloidal gold and soothing rose damask extract, brighten and boost radiance in the delicate under-eye area.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The recent assaults by the Trump administration on American colleges and universities were exemplified by the demands issued to Harvard University in an April 11 letter.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
19 Apr. 2025
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The total number of student visas issued peaked in 2015, when nearly 1 million visas were approved.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The same week these two spectacular images emerged, so did a study that suggested that heavy rain once fell on Mars.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan had just finished speaking at a union convention and was emerging from the hotel when he was struck by a bullet from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. .—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Outcrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrop. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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