mountainside
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountainside
Example Sentences
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Liu Shaoyong was the chairman of China Eastern Airlines when one of its planes mysteriously plunged into a mountainside in southern China in March 2022, killing 132 people on board.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
He found broken trees littering the mountainside and hurled into the water, and vast swathes of scarred rock stripped of soil and vegetation.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The blaze ignited under Edison’s towering transmission lines that run down the mountainside in Eaton Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Firearms are tested in tunnels that were dug as deep as 500 feet into the mountainside during World War II to protect production from British and American bombing raids.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
But Bolverkr said nothing more on that high mountainside, where the icy winds clawed and clutched at them.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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