Word: hike
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...listened almost entirely to classical music—especially Brahms’ symphonies. Barnes also loved to read mystery novels and hike through the Swiss Alps, according to Wang...
...student’s first 10 hours of tutoring in a particular course will rise to $7, and for hours after that, students will have to pay an unsubsidized rate of $14—a $10 hike from the hourly rate before...
...aides hefty raises while urging a rise in property taxes, as the mayor of Miami-Dade County recently did. Or jacking up already exorbitant hurricane-insurance premiums, as Florida's government-run property insurer just did. Or sending an army of highly paid lobbyists to push for a steep hike in electricity rates, as South Florida's public utility is doing...
...tour group was due to hike along the Kokoda Track - something of a bucket-list favorite for Australians looking to relive the battle their soldiers fought to keep the Japanese from advancing on the capital Port Moresby and pay tribute to the 625 killed on the track in World War II. On the morning of the flight, Moala reportedly radioed that she was descending on the grassy airstrip at Kokoda and then, about ten to 20 minutes later, she radioed that she had not landed and was ascending. Locals in the area heard the sound of a crash and later...
After a hearty three-course supper, we took to our beds under fly tents in the knowledge that we would be up at 5:30 a.m., before the heat of the day, for our first hike. Woken with a cup of tea and a basin of hot, if muddy, water we set off, following the course of the Ewaso Nyiro river and other lugga (dry riverbeds...