outcrops
- present tense form of outcrop (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
A particular pressure point is a cluster of uninhabited outcrops Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Nationalist sentiment is also growing in the Philippines, as its dispute with China over reefs and outcrops in the South China Sea continue to fester.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Since then, the Chinese coast guard has had a series of skirmishes with Philippine patrol ships and fishing boats, which have been prevented from entering the lagoon, ringed by mostly submerged coral outcrops.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
They climbed the low ridge, among outcrops of black rock, and were soon out of sight of the party behind them.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
