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Recent Examples of gulch But years of deforestation and the introduction of invasive species such as black wattle and eucalyptus radically changed the area around the gulch. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024 The book is written in the second person, addressing the protagonist’s daughter, a decision that imparts a desire for understanding, to cross the gulch that has opened between them. Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024 Take your time — for here in the gulch, far removed from the day-to-day world, time is deep and still. Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024 Army commanders note that artificial intelligence and drones cannot hold territory or manage resupply in soggy gulches where electricity and clean water are scarce. Damien Cave Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for gulch 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulch
Noun
  • But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.
    Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
  • New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sandy and gravelly soils predominate on the valley floors, providing excellent drainage for the vines.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Winds could gust up to 70 mph in the mountains and 50 mph along the coast and in the valleys, the NWS says.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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