as in vast
unusually large
the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up
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Recent Examples of mountainous
Search-and-rescue crews faced mountainous terrain, cloudy weather and low visibility during the search for the crew, Navy officials said in a statement last week.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
But none of that, locals say, captures the scope of a storm that created disasters in communities stretching more than 100 miles across mountainous terrain from southwestern North Carolina to just north of the Virginia border.
—Michael Graff, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
Even today, Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain, which covers 75% of the country, is unclimbed.
—Eibhlis Gale-Coleman, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
This deluge raises the risk of flash flooding and mudslides, especially in Jamaica’s mountainous regions.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
But none of that, locals say, captures the scope of a storm that created disasters in communities stretching more than 100 miles across mountainous terrain from southwestern North Carolina to just north of the Virginia border.
—Michael Graff, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
Even today, Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain, which covers 75% of the country, is unclimbed.
—Eibhlis Gale-Coleman, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
This deluge raises the risk of flash flooding and mudslides, especially in Jamaica’s mountainous regions.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the vast majority of cases, the products were dropped off without any interaction between the buyer and the delivery person, according to the study.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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This means these satellites would be able to relay data to Earth and other spacecraft across vast stretches of space, likely through Starlink's laser communication system.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Still, the vast majority of beer consumed in the state is made by huge commercial breweries owned by international conglomerates.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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So, there was a huge, interesting, very mysterious story behind this footage, but for whatever reason, from 1967 until 2011, no one had tried to solve it.Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Antarctica, sea ice surrounding the continent also buttresses gigantic ice sheets, slowing the flow of glacial ice into the ocean.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Invest in community colleges, where a gigantic proportion of American students are but where a lack of resources often thwarts their ambitions.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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At the bottom was a chain-link fence with an enormous hole.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Warren Buffett’s iconic investment and holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is shedding its stake in Apple, bite by byte, and building an enormous cash pile — $325 billion at the moment.Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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His career highlights include sound designing the tornadoes in Twister (1996) and the giant bug-like aliens in Starship Troopers (1997).Bryan Antunez, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Dull Men’s Club is a giant Facebook group dedicated to mundane activities.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Despite Kamala Harris having a massive ground game, Donald Trump won by a significant margin.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The height difference between the two women might be a massive 152.36 centimeters (5 feet), but the pair reportedly got on famously.Jack Guy, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Today, there's still a tremendous interest in the Titanic's tragic story of maritime technology and adventure ending in great loss of life.Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
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There was always a chance that One World Trade Center would not live up to its tremendous expectations.Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 18 Nov. 2024
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With the likes of Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar gone from WWE while other behemoths such as Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman are currently sidelined, there is definitely room for a colossal superstar at the top of the card.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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This discovery offers compelling evidence for the Giant Impact Hypothesis, which proposes that the Moon was formed from a colossal collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object known as Theia.Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Mountainous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountainous. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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