mountainside
Americannoun
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mountainsides
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Origin of mountainside
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In late September, the aspens covering the summit turn from green to amber gold, transforming the mountainside into an astonishing display of autumn color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Black slurry thundered down the mountainside, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and nearby homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The conservation effort adds another layer of privacy to the already secluded mansion, which is nestled into the mountainside in Incline Village, Nevada, overlooking Lake Tahoe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Selitos spoke the long name that lay in Lanre’s heart, and at the sound of it the sun grew dark and wind tore stones from the mountainside.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Coastal Malibu, with its longtime residents and singular environmental challenges of managing construction along narrow beaches and steep mountainsides, has had the hardest time moving forward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
When I left the trail camp late in the day, the golden sun blanketed the tree-lined mountainsides.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
The area in central Taiwan that will be hit, was struck by a large earthquake earlier this year, which destabilised mountainsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Wari techniques had reclaimed more than a million acres of cropland from mountainsides that almost anywhere else would have been regarded as impossibly dry, steep, and cold.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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