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outcrops

  • present tense form
    of outcrop (3rd person singular).
    outcrop

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Researchers discovered shatter cones in numerous rock outcrops.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Japanese defense planners are also looking east, to the country’s Pacific side, where a jumble of tiny Japanese islands and outcrops lie more or less undefended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

A quick stroll upstream, a group of DJs unaffiliated with the family-friendly festival hosted a day party aimed at Gen Z and millennial attendees, perched on one of the channel’s outcrops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Having driven up to Llyn Teifi in the Cambrian mountains, we stand on a bridge, surrounded by rocky outcrops and marshland.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

At the time, I watched the crowds of people scrambling to place their mats next to rocky outcrops that would offer the most shade as the sun rose.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri