1
: a steep rugged rock or cliff
2
archaic
: a sharp detached fragment of rock
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Noun (1)
a menacing crag overhangs the hiking trail
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
And this month, the soaring crag delivers top-notch comet watching, too.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
More than 60 crags encompassing about 1,000 routes—mostly mid-grade sport climbing—can be found here.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
What’s more, the underwater mountain’s peaks, crags and ridges are home to coral gardens that host rare deep-dwelling octopuses, squids and creatures known as flying spaghetti monsters, some of which hadn’t been well documented before this research.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
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Noun
If Perez is at the top of the local pecking order, the young climbers who flock to Bishop from around the globe to train on world-class crags in Buttermilk Country and the Owens River Gorge are near the bottom.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
And this month, the soaring crag delivers top-notch comet watching, too.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
More than 60 crags encompassing about 1,000 routes—mostly mid-grade sport climbing—can be found here.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
What’s more, the underwater mountain’s peaks, crags and ridges are home to coral gardens that host rare deep-dwelling octopuses, squids and creatures known as flying spaghetti monsters, some of which hadn’t been well documented before this research.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
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“Crag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crag. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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