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  2. Ford (crossing) - Wikipedia

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    Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water crossing is a low bridge that allows crossing over a river or stream when water is low but may be treated as a ford when the river is high and water covers the crossing. The word ford is both a noun (describing the water crossing itself) and a verb (describing the act of crossing a ford).

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  4. Impassibility - Wikipedia

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    Impassibility (from Latin in-, "not", passibilis, "able to suffer, experience emotion") describes the theological doctrine that God does not experience pain or pleasure from the actions of another being.

  5. Helene devastated two iconic hiking trails in Western NC ...

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    Among the places that will have to be rebuilt after Hurricane Helene are two long-distance hiking trails that traverse and symbolize the rugged mountains of Western North Carolina.

  6. Anodos - Wikipedia

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    Anodos (Ancient Greek: ἄνοδος) is a term meaning either 'ascent, way up' (from Ancient Greek ἀνά 'upwards, up' and ὁδός 'the way') or 'pathless, having no road, impassable' (from Ancient Greek ἀν- 'not' and ὁδός 'way, path, road, journey').

  7. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most ...

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    At around 600 miles wide and up to 6,000 meters (nearly four miles) deep, the Drake is objectively a vast body of water. To us, that is. To the planet as a whole, less so.

  8. With multiple damaged, closed roads across the Wilmington ...

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    Traffic sits along 17 Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024 in Brunswick County. The road is completely blocked going South due to flood waters from Town Creek that have made the road impassable. KEN BLEVINS ...

  9. Cataracts of the Nile - Wikipedia

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    The word "cataract" comes from the Greek word καταρρέω ("to flow down"), although the original Greek term was the plural-only Κατάδουποι. However, contrary to this, none of the Nile's six primary cataracts could be accurately described as waterfalls, and given a broader definition, this is the same with many of the minor cataracts