mountainside
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountainside
Example Sentences
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"It is hard to train in Kyrgyzstan as we don't have the right conditions and financing," the 19-year-old told AFP from the mountainside in the Ala-Archa National Park, just south of the capital Bishkek.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
The U.S. delegation is expected to take over a late-19th-century church turned convening space perched in the center of a frosty mountainside promenade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
The newly studied fossil deposit on Spitsbergen is so concentrated that it forms a visible bonebed eroding out of the mountainside.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
On Friday night, a large boulder fell from a mountainside and rolled onto Highway 18 west of Big Bear Lake; two cars were then involved in a vehicle collision.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
We all take another look at the mountainside, lit, exploding sparks, and burning faster.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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