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canyon

noun as in gulf in mountain area

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So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.

It was on a hike to the Grand Canyon at age 18 that Shattuck penned her first bucket list.

As he entered the canyon, he clutched his chest and fell to the sidewalk.

The Biggest Loser is back for its 16th season, with its “Comeback Canyon” edition featuring former athletes.

The protest at Recapture Canyon was non-violent, though there were guns present.

And presently we galloped across a mile or two of level grassland and pulled up on the very brink of Sage Creek canyon.

Cautiously we retraced our steps from the lower end of the flat, and turned into the narrow mouth of the canyon.

Then dawn flung itself impetuously across the hills, and the naked rim of the canyon took form in a shifting whirl of smoke.

Then he broke off, and when he next gave hint of his whereabouts, it was to hail us from the nearest point on the canyon rim.

Stooping, lest our heads furnish a target, we splashed along in the shallow water till we reached the mouth of the canyon.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to canyon, such as: gorge, gully/gulley, ravine, valley, glen, and gulch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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