Kilimanjaro
Americannoun
noun
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“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway.
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Her mum made many hiking trips from Kilimanjaro and the Great Wall of China to the West Highland Way, often raising money for charity.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Even with all the accoutrements, doing nothing took some getting used to for the travel blogger, who has climbed Kilimanjaro and recently explored Antarctica.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Kilimanjaro and “Big Busk” walking concerts between cancer wards in Wales.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
Kilimanjaro, and now she lived at home in the suburbs and couldn’t feed herself.
From New York Times • May 22, 2024
Most of us, when we think of volcanoes, think of the classic cone shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro, which are created when erupting magma accumulates in a symmetrical mound.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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