noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment
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The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment.
a mountain belt (= a long and wide area of mountains )
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mountain belts such as the Himalayas
a mountain bike (= a strong bicycle for riding over rough ground )
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They went out for a country ride on their mountain bikes.
a mountain chain
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The town of Besançon lies at the end of the Jura mountain chain.
a mountain peak
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All around are the spectacular mountain peaks of the Jungfrau region.
a mountain resort
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mountain resorts in Colorado
a mountain road
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A lot of concentration is needed on the narrow mountain roads.
a mountain/hilltop village
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The paths lead to picturesque mountain villages.
distant mountains/hills
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From here, you can look out to the distant hills.
mountain ash
mountain bike
mountain board
mountain goat
mountain guide
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an experienced mountain guide
mountain lion
mountain scenery
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This fascinating village is surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery.
mountain/mountainous country
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a vast stretch of mountain country
rock/mountain climbing
the sea/mountain/country air
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the salty smell of the sea air
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
distant
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The sun was setting on the tops of the distant mountains .
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Over the valley, a full moon was rising, and a chill wind was blowing down from the distant mountains .
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The city fans upwards from the coast, its white towers climbing gracefully into the foothills of the distant mountains .
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Still others were as darkly blue as distant mountains .
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The only things to break the dusty tedium are distant mountains , ragged scars on the horizon.
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Clouds like brassy cauliflowers form over the steel-blue blades of the distant mountain range that borders the plain.
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Then the sun is gone and it's suddenly cold and the distant mountains are their night time black cut-out.
great
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Seafarers who landed there thought they saw a great chain of mountains and heard the roaring of lions from them.
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They see the lifeless briefs heaped upon their benches like great mountains in stark black and white.
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What she needed was to sleep, and she tried to suppress the great mountain of self-pity that threatened to swamp her.
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We moved on our hunting grounds from the Minnesota to the Platte and from the Mississippi to the great mountains .
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It is like a man who storms up to the top of a great mountain and then just drops down.
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Early on, studies of the equatorial regions revealed great volcanic mountain systems and several apparent large impact craters.
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But the great mountains are different.
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At last he came, hideous and huge, tall as a great mountain crag.
high
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Even when besieged by the Romans, they built a mikva at the top of a high mountain in the desert.
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The one lingering question this year is when the high mountain wilderness areas will become accessible.
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An entire society was uprooted and destroyed, vanishing into the high mountains never to return.
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The might of water overwhelmed dark earth, over the summits of the highest mountains .
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Food is at its most plentiful during the short summer months, when the snow melts to uncover the higher mountain pastures.
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The torrents are loosening high mountain rocks and soil, and are washing downstream with the gravel tiny flakes of gold.
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There are undoubtedly higher mountains to climb, but something tells me underneath that Beatle wig lies a trace of genius.
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But listen, if you lived a nomad's life wandering the high mountains you would understand.
■ NOUN
area
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In mountain areas use motorised transport sparingly and park considerately.
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In general, the mountain areas of the Auvergne experience a much colder winter climate with a long period of Permanent snow.
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The scenery throughout the rugged mountain areas is dramatic.
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We discovered a little-known mountain area near Ohau, and did a walk up the Temple valley which turned out quite exciting.
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Most continental high mountain areas are well served by networks of mountain huts and refuges, usually offering dormitory accommodation.
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Since almost all are high mountain areas , agricultural development is anyway unlikely but traditional agriculture for conservation objectives is supported.
bike
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I quickly found that mountain bikes don't particularly spare you the bumps.
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They cart in expensive mountain bikes to use the Paisley Woods bicycle trail.
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Bike mugging: Leslie Mitchell, 16, was mugged by three men who stole his £300 mountain bike.
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Beaty recalls one customer shopping for a package deal: a mountain bike and a sedan.
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A man completed all the Munros with a mountain bike .
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Horses, mountain bikes , and especially feet work well here.
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In addition to the normal walking events this summer there is a section giving details of guided mountain bike rides.
biker
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Not withstanding a single impudent win by a mountain biker in 1989, it would appear that the subject is now closed.
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On weekends the Hub buzzes with fellow mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts resting and socializing.
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We join the mountain bikers on their toughest test.
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Bumps April 27 at Arapahoe Basin features mountain bikers racing on a mogul-studded course.
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It's a region already popular both with casual and mountain bikers who don't have to contend with busy traffic.
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Kathie Takach, hair stylist and mountain biker .
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In part two: Reaching new heights ... mountain bikers find it tough at the top.
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Hundreds of mountain bikers made Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire their home over the weekend.
chain
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The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides.
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The edge of the overriding plate is crumpled and uplifted to form a mountain chain parallel to the trench.
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They are crude and narrow compared to the Dwarf mines of the other mountain chains and prone to collapsing unexpectedly.
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During that time continents, oceans, and mountain chains have moved horizontally and vertically through large distances.
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The thickened edges of these rafts are of course the mountain chains such as the Andes.
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Sibley lives in a remote corner of a remote mountain chain in the wilds of Arizona.
goat
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In fact it seems likely that mountain goats are very successful at avoiding all these predators.
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In truth, these peregrinations required the talents of a mountain goat .
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If they are cornered by a predator, mountain goats will not hesitate to use their horns to defend themselves.
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As in mountain goats and other animals, fighting occurs only between similarly matched individuals.
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These have several compartments - four in the case of the mountain goat .
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The predators that mountain goats appear to fear most are eagles.
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During a typical summer's day, a mountain goat may travel around a kilometre in search of food.
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But the mountain goat is big enough to have relatively few predators.
lion
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California has not allowed mountain lion hunting for nearly 25 years.
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Four Peaks is home to black bear, deer, javelina, bighorn sheep, mountain lions and other animals.
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Voters made it a permanent ban in 1990 with the passage of Prop. 117, the so-called mountain lion initiative.
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And although not mentioned in the initiative, it does mean mountain lions could eventually be hunted as part of that management.
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One of my first memories was when he shot a mountain lion and he let me shoot it too.
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Another woman was killed by a mountain lion in 1994.
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San Jose was not yet a city of thirty thousand, Silicon Valley a stronghold of orchards and roaming mountain lions .
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The likelihood of being killed by a mountain lion is still minimal.
pass
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From the highest mountain pass to the busiest city centre.
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Employees try to avoid mountain passes , commercial airports and major cities.
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Its passengers swing around like boxed chickens in the back of a livestock lorry on a mountain pass .
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Their bags were filled with food and provisions light to carry but strong enough to bring them over the mountain passes .
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One of the bulls had been bitten by a wildcat one night, on a mountain pass coming down from Dolpo.
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I knew that true love, real love, could not make its way through the mountain passes to North Chittendon.
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And then, at last, I crossed a high mountain pass to discover smoke drifting across my route.
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It offers a magnificent view of the entire Adirohdacks, following the Hudson and then darting through the high mountain passes .
peak
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When you are ready, fly towards a mountain peak , and land.
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And its figuration is clearly seen: three mountain peaks , surrounded by the circle of the globe.
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The mountain peaks and ridges clawed at the sky and Maggie stopped thinking altogether.
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It seemed to have collapsed on top of the horizon where its mists were blunting the mountain peaks .
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All around are the spectacular mountain peaks of the Jungfrau region.
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I was hitching a ride to arrive at a mountain peak by dawn.
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They had touched down on the mountain peak , above the clouds.
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You gain altitude constantly from the river lowlands until you are under the mountain peaks .
range
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To reach this desolate spot you set off at sun-up and head toward mountain ranges which scarcely ever get closer.
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It is a mountain range that dwarfs any subaerial system.
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The latest software can imitate the texture of flesh or the topography of a mountain range .
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Big white clouds sailed eastward toward the San Bernardino mountain range .
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Clouds like brassy cauliflowers form over the steel-blue blades of the distant mountain range that borders the plain.
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A wash cuts the mountain range in half.
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Trails of misty Lochaber rain came down from the Nevis mountain range and the round purple heather-clad hills of Glen Loy.
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The snow-capped peaks of the Sorondo mountain range provide a dramatic backdrop.
rescue
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We scrambled out of our tents shouting excitedly, straight into the pools of torchlight coming from the mountain rescue team.
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This is a theme echoed by John Allen, leader of the Cairngorms mountain rescue team.
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More than 100 rescuers including doctors, mountain rescue teams and other skiers, clawed at the snow.
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This body acts as a guide to all mountain rescue teams.
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Four-year-old Oscar went racing into the darkness as his owners helped make hot drinks for mountain rescue teams.
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I was told that in Britain the weather has to be really dire before a mountain rescue search is called off.
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I've been involved in the mountain rescue world for 14 years.
road
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When he got outside he turned to the right, up to the mountain road leading to his home.
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We bought an old pickup and scouted the winding mountain roads .
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Depending on the driver's experience of mountain roads , anything from 7 to 9 hours' driving is involved.
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Father Devine took a mountain road , and stopped the car.
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The accident occurred Saturday on a little-used mountain road full of dangerous curves.
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He had been driving along the twisting mountain roads when he'd crashed; that much she knew.
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Jumblatt, now a government minister, planted trees along the mountain roads during the war.
stream
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Immediately after the stile is a lovely little mountain stream crossed by stepping stones.
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Or would he perhaps look upon a clear mountain stream and complain about the absence of raw sewage or Industrial effluents?
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Spring streams are generally shorter, typically forming the tributaries of mountain streams.
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A racing mountain stream ran through the centre of the village.
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It creeps over the boulders on the beds of the mountain streams , grazing on algae.
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It survived a dunking in a mountain stream , and brought back a picture of a retrieving hand to prove it.
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We paddle on seas the green of cat's eyes, and seas as clear as mountain streams .
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Its newly tamed garden has fine views and a fast-running mountain stream .
top
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I imagined solemn covens chanting, straggling torchlight processions winding up to mountain tops , stone circles, sacred trees and springs.
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On the eighteenth day a cloudy mountain top arose up across the sea.
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When Abudah had made his way through this slimy cavern he emerged upon a mountain top in the clean air.
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One last hike to a mountain top ?
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The mountain tops hadn't been their chosen destination.
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Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top .
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Soon the two partners had landed on the mountain top , and they got busy among the berry bushes.
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An intermediate sprint, whether at a mountain top or some other place along the route.
village
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I have experienced this kind of world in the mountain villages of Crete.
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In fact, she had spent her entire life in that impoverished mountain village .
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Ancient tradition remains powerful, and stories of witches and snake charmers are still whispered high in the remote mountain villages .
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Half day trip to the mountain village of Macugnaga.
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We rounded Cape Andrea and anchored in Marciana Marina harbour below the same mountain village on the north side of the island.
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It was then that the city pastors began asking their brethren in the mountain villages to organise sanctuary for the refugees.
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In 1930 he went to Bavaria to see the passion play at the mountain village of Oberammergau.
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In Asturias there was a strong tradition of early migration in the poor mountain villages .
■ VERB
climb
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He climbed the glass mountain and the golden steps.
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Hicks said, we just climbed your goddamn mountain .
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We applaud this kind of person when they climb mountains , cross deserts, sail oceans and survive against incredible odds.
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If climbing the mountain was easy, assembling a video record of May 3, I990, was not.
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Asking for change can be likened to persuading some one to climb a mountain .
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Itfelt like something else, like climbing a mountain that rose into the clouds and had no top and no end.
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He climbed the mountain easily, reached the top, and disappeared.
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They have climbed mountains and canoed for eight-day stretches in isolated wilderness.
surround
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Their native land consisted of a central plain surrounded by mountains .
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The annual recharge to this natural ground-water reservoir from the surrounding mountains is at least 700, 000 acre-feet.
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Athens is surrounded by mountains which trap pollution.
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Because Phaestos sits on a hill, we get a wide sense of the valley and the surrounding mountains .
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It is a large village in open meadowland at the head of the Ziller Valley, and is surrounded by steep mountains .
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There also are countless hiking trails near the lake and in the surrounding mountains .
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In winter the situation is exacerbated by cold air which seals in the dirt, preventing it from escaping over surrounding mountains .
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The Mormon Lake area is surrounded by ponderosa pines, and the lodge sits in a small valley surrounded by mountains .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Rocky Mountains
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The lodge is in the mountains of southern Idaho.
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the Rocky Mountains
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A similar secret sanctuary for the president was constructed elsewhere in the mountains west of Washington.
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It is the start of the tourist season and Katmandu is the gateway to the world's highest mountains, including Everest.
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Perhaps they're going to spend the night on the mountain .
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Since that time many independent Orc and Goblin tribes have taken root in the forests and mountains of that cold land.
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The latest software can imitate the texture of flesh or the topography of a mountain range.
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To see it one must usually climb into the mountains which surround its last preserve.
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You still think of the mountains.