mountainside
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That mountainside sanctuary, and her late husband for decades before she decided to gift it to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California, which offloaded it in July 2024, according to records.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Frozen Planet II also pioneered the use of racer drones, which captured the terrifying experience of flying down a mountainside alongside an avalanche.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The couple had arrived just hours earlier at the Mount Carmel Medical Center and were taken straight to the facility's underground shelter, carved into the mountainside.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 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
For some odd reason, he thought of a time when he had been on the mountainside, taking a break as he chopped wood.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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
During 2009’s Station fire, we were given evacuation notice only when clouds of smoke filled the streets and flames were clearly visible on nearby mountainsides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 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
Soon a reservoir came into view, a mountain lake far below the road—tranquil blue waters set among steep, arid mountainsides.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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