Philippine Trench
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Philippine Trench
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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It stands in the firmament of the best rides on the global circuit, a fast and powerful monster because of the water that sweeps in from the Philippine Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013
Other expeditions had sounded the deeps and found that the deepest one, the Philippine Trench off the east coast of Mindanao, lies more than six miles beneath the surface of the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
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