as in flood
a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place
The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas.
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Heavy rainfall late Wednesday night caused the landslides, which impacted homes and farmland.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
But our readers’ favorite—by a landslide—is this hash brown, sausage, and cheese-laden Best Breakfast Casserole.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
In California, where a person was found dead in a vehicle submerged in floodwaters on Saturday, authorities braced for more precipitation while grappling with flooding and small landslides from a previous storm.
—CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
But our readers’ favorite—by a landslide—is this hash brown, sausage, and cheese-laden Best Breakfast Casserole.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
In California, where a person was found dead in a vehicle submerged in floodwaters on Saturday, authorities braced for more precipitation while grappling with flooding and small landslides from a previous storm.
—CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Landslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landslide. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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