Definitions
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- proper noun The Sierra Nevada range
- proper noun The region of
California characterized by the natural history particular to the Sierra Nevada
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
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Examples
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In the early days, it was often a pack-mule-pack to the High Sierra.
Michael Brune: Hit the Dirt Michael Brune 2011
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In the early days, it was often a pack-mule-pack to the High Sierra.
Michael Brune: Hit the Dirt Michael Brune 2011
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It occurred to me that camping in the Alps is a bit different from camping in the High Sierra.
Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010
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When John Muir took Teddy Roosevelt to Yosemite and the High Sierra, he helped inspire a President and generations of Americans to re-imagine their relationship to nature.
Michael Brune: Sleepless in San Francisco: My First Day With the Sierra Club 2010
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In addition to the weary integrity of the private eye, there was the pathos of the ageing gangster (Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle in High Sierra), the desperation of the 'wrong man' (the escaped convict wrongly accused of his wife's murder in Dark Passage) and the violence of the suspected psychopath (the self-destructive writer in In a Lonely Place).
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In addition to the weary integrity of the private eye, there was the pathos of the ageing gangster (Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle in High Sierra), the desperation of the 'wrong man' (the escaped convict wrongly accused of his wife's murder in Dark Passage) and the violence of the suspected psychopath (the self-destructive writer in In a Lonely Place).
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Co-written by a young John Huston, High Sierra is a solid, flavorful entry for "Bogie-as-bad-guy" fans, boasting a slam-bang finish.
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A native of California's High Sierra, she spent 20 years in Silicon Valley before moving to Vancouver, BC in 2004.
Orcinus 2009
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In the lead we have Dustin Apodaca, who is bubbling with so much boisterous charisma and eccentricity that seeing him on stage both Saturday and Sunday at High Sierra was enough to make me forget about the scorching heat and instantaneously put me in a great mood.
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The people at High Sierra manage to be both tight-knit and extremely inclusive at the same time.
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