Abruzzi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A decade later, Sella reached new heights - both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
When she was living in the Abruzzi, he sent her a postcard: “Dear Natalia, stop having children and write a book.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
Eventually, he ran into Roskelley and Ridgeway, who had crossed over to attempt what would be their own successful climb to the top of K2 on the Abruzzi route that day.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
For his nonviolent protest, the Times once reported, Mr. Pannella became known as the Gandhi from the Abruzzi.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016
Realizing that they would have to get Gilkey down immediately to have any hope of saving him, Schoening and the others started lowering him down the mountain’s steep Abruzzi Ridge as the storm raged.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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