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"text": "[T]he privilege, as well as the duty, devolves on me to assign to this lofty pinnacle of our globe, a name whereby it may be known among geographers and become a household word among civilized nations. In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘Mont Everest.’ […] In the case of Mont Everest the accordance of the independent heights is closer than could have been anticipated, because the mountain, though lofty and massive, is not a sharp well-defined peak and was observed from great distances.",
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"ref": "1856 October 15, “Science and Inventions. The Fortnight.”, in The Critic, London Literary Journal, volume XV, number 373, London: John Crockford, →OCLC, page 500, column 3:",
"text": "It appears from a late survey made of the Himalaya range, by Colonel Waugh, that the Khanchinjinga, which has been hitherto supposed to be the highest summit, is, in fact, not so—a higher mountain having been discovered, situated between Katmandoo and Khanchinjinga. This last named is 28,156 feet above the level of the sea; but the new summit reaches the enormous height of 29,002 feet. It has been proposed to call this Mount Everest, after a former Surveyor-General of India.",
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"ref": "1857, Edward Thornton, “Everest Mount”, in A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and the Native States on the Continent of India. […], London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co., […], →OCLC, page 306, column 1:",
"text": "EVEREST MOUNT.—A mountain of the Himalaya range, situate between the mountain of Kinchingunga, in Sikkim, and the city of Khatmandoo, in Nepaul, and presumed to be the loftiest summit in the world. Its elevation is 29,002 feet above the level of the sea. The highest summit of the Andes is Sorata, having an elevation of 25,267 feet. Mount Everest is reported to have been recently discovered by Colonel Waugh, and to have been named in compliment to the late surveyor-general of India.",
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"ref": "1860 July 21, George Gilfillan, quotee, “Alpha and Omega [book review]”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume X, number 247, London: […] Spottiswoode and Co., […], →OCLC, page 87, column 2:",
"text": "But narrative, after all, is Mr. Gilfillan's forte, and his picture of the flood is a masterpiece. […] Then, we have mountains submerged and volcanoes extinguished, \"Ben Nevis sunk fathoms and fathoms more beneath the waves\"—\"the eye of Mount Blanc darkened, Old Taurus blotted out,\" the tide \"rolling over the summit of Mount Everest, and violating its last particle of virgin snow\"—and lastly, \"some human scenes of extraordinary interest,\" which Mr. Gilfillan descries amidst the surrounding confusion.",
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"ref": "1863, Fordyce A[lmon] Allen, “Asia. Lesson XLII.”, in A Primary Geography on the Basis of the Object Method of Instruction (Lippincott’s Geographical Series), 3rd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., →OCLC, page 45:",
"text": "The mountains of Asia are the loftiest in the world. Mount Everest, one of the Himalayas, is more than five and one-half miles high,—a mile higher than Mount Tupungato!",
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"ref": "1870, James Orton, chapter VIII, in The Andes and the Amazon: or, Across the Continent of South America, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 131:",
"text": "Chimborazo was long supposed to be the tallest mountain on the globe, but its supremacy has been supplanted by Mount Everest in Asia, and Aconcagua in Chile. [Footnote †: Mount Everest is 29,000 feet, and Aconcagua 23,200. [Hermann von] Schlagintweit enumerates thirteen Himalayan summits over 25,000 feet, and forty-six above 20,000.]",
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"ref": "1878, Jules Verne, “The Bad Roads of Angola”, in [anonymous], transl., Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen. […], New York, N.Y.: George Munro, […], →OCLC, part II, page 197:",
"text": "It was one of those termite cones that, according to Lieutenant Cameron's comparison, are more astonishing than the pyramids of Egypt, raised by the hands of men, because they have been built by such small insects. \"It is,\" said he, \"as if a nation had built Mount Everest, the highest mountain of the Himalaya chain.\"",
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"ref": "1892 October, Clinton T[homas] Dent, “Can Mount Everest be Ascended?”, in James Knowles, editor, The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, volume XXXII, number CLXXXVII, London: Sampson Law, Marston & Company […], →OCLC, page 605:",
"text": "Although the real elevation, and even the geographical position, of even the highest mountain in the world are quite uncertain, it may be assumed that the goal lies somewhere near the northern frontier of Nepal, very probably north of the summit recognised by surveyors as Mount Everest, and that the height is at least 29,000 to 30,000 feet.",
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"ref": "1926 October, Francis Younghusband, “Preface”, in The Epic of Mount Everest, school edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., published April 1931 (1933 printing), →OCLC, page 5:",
"text": "The years have gone by and still we know not whether or no [George] Mallory and [Andrew] Irvine reached the summit. But the will to climb Mount Everest is still alive.",
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"ref": "1962, Edmund Hillary, Desmond Doig, “Into the Mingbo Valley”, in High in the Thin Cold Air: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, Led by Sir Edmund Hillary, […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 129:",
"text": "Our investigations were carried out almost exclusively among the Sherpa people living within thirty miles of Mount Everest. Tracks and sightings of the Yeti have been reported over a much wider area than this, but a large proportion of the more tangible evidence used in support of the Yeti theory comes from the region we examined.",
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"ref": "1989 December 30, P[ritamial] V[ijoyshanker] Bole, “Introduction”, in 100 Himalayan Flowers, New York, N.Y.: The Vendome Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 8:",
"text": "This abode of snow is the loftiest mountain range on earth. Its highest peak is the mighty Mount Everest. The Himalayas extend from Afghanistan in the east up to south-east Tibet, a distance of over 2,400 km in length and 250 to 400 km in breadth.",
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"ref": "2020 December 8, Ankit Adhikari, Joanna Slater, “It’s official: Mount Everest just got a little bit higher”, in The Washington Post (Asia & Pacific section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-12-08:",
"text": "Nepal and China, the two countries that share a border on Mount Everest, announced a new official measurement of the mountain’s height on Tuesday: 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet.",
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"ref": "2023 January 31, Bhadra Sharma, Adam Skolnick, “The Queen of Everest trains while working at whole foods”, in The New York Times (Sports section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-31:",
"text": "Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest 10 times, the most ascents ever by a woman. She has no plans of slowing down.",
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ebharesto xriṅgo",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "এভাৰেষ্ট শৃংগ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everest"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "Everest",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Эвэрэст"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "maunṭo ebharesṭ",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "মাউন্ট এভারেস্ট"
},
{
"code": "bh",
"lang": "Bihari",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "सगरमाथा"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Èverest",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ѐверест"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "珠穆朗瑪峰"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "Chû-mu̍k-lòng-mâ-fûng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "珠穆朗玛峰"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "Chomolangma Hong"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "珠穆朗瑪峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhūmùlǎngmǎ-fēng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "珠穆朗玛峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "聖母峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Shèngmǔ-fēng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "圣母峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "額菲爾士峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Éfěi'ěrshì-fēng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "额菲尔士峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "埃菲爾士峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Āifěi'ěrshì-fēng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "埃菲尔士峰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Āifólèsī-fēng",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "埃佛勒斯峰"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "evaresṭ farubada",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "އެވަރެސްޓް ފަރުބަދަ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Ĉomolungmo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everesto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Sagarmato"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Džomolungma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mont Everest"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Monte Everest"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "everesṭi",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ევერესტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯomolungma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ჯომოლუნგმა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Éverest",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Έβερεστ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "everest",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "אוורסט"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "māuṇṭ evresṭ",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "माउंट एवरेस्ट"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "evresṭ",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "एवरेस्ट"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Csomolungma"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everestfjall"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Monto Everest"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Gunung Everest"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monte Everest"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Eberesuto",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "エベレスト"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Chomoranma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "チョモランマ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phnumʼeevəəreih",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ភ្នំអេវើរេស"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Ebereseuteu",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "에베레스트"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Jumurangma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "주무랑마"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mons Everestis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everests"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Džomolungma"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"english": "Mont Everest",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Монт Еверест"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Gunung Everest"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "evaṟasṟṟŭ koṭumuṭi",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "എവറസ്റ്റ് കൊടുമുടി"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "evharesṭa",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "एव्हरेस्ट"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sagarmāthā",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "सगरमाथा"
},
{
"code": "new",
"lang": "Newar",
"roman": "sagaramāthā añcala",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "सगरमाथा अञ्चल"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "کوه اورست"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Czomolungma"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Qomolangma"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sagarmatha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Szczyt XV"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Monte Evereste"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Evereste"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Chomolungma"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everest"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "Ciomolungma"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Everést",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Эвере́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Džomolúngma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Джомолу́нгма"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Beinn Everest"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Moont Everest"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Монт Еверест"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Monte Everest"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "mlima Evarest"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Mount Everest"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Bundok Everest"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "evaresṭ cikaram",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "எவரெஸ்ட் சிகரம்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yôt kăo aywerrêt",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ยอดเขาเอเวอเรสต์"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "jo mo glang ri",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ཇོ་མོ་གླང་རི"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "jo mo glang ma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Everest Dağı"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Ewerest"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Džomolunhma",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Джомолунгма"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Everést",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Евере́ст"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
"word": "Mynydd Everest"
}
]
}
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"ref": "1907, Edmund Gosse, “The Age of Elizabeth 1560–1610”, in A Short History of Modern English Literature, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 104:",
"text": "We stand on the colossal peak of King Lear, with Othello on our right hand and Macbeth on our left, the sublime masses of Elizabethan mountain country rolling on every side of us, yet plainly dominated by the extraordinary central cluster of aiguilles on which we have planted ourselves. This triple summit of the later tragedies of [William] Shakespeare forms the Mount Everest of the poetry of the world.",
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"ref": "1958, Rudolf Flesch, “How to Write Like a Pro”, in A New Way to Better English, Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 102:",
"text": "After this rather tricky problem let's climb the Mount Everest of all writing problems. I mean, of course, the world-famous, forbidding peak of U.S. income-tax prose.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1983, Al McGuire, “Foreword”, in They Were Number One: A History of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, New York, N.Y.: Leisure Press, →ISBN, page 13:",
"text": "Personally, as a coach, I always considered the NCAA Tournament to be the Mount Everest of basketball. Just to be asked to climb it was a compliment.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010 January 17, Claire Sawers, “A journey from ballroom to battlefield”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-09:",
"text": "War and Peace is often seen as the Mount Everest of novels. A daunting door-stopper of a tome, at almost 1,500 pages, it is rarely finished.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Max Davidson, quoting Dean Jones, “Dean Jones: ‘Get Me a Real Australian’”, in Fields of Courage: The Bravest Chapters in Sport, London: Abacus, Little, Brown Book Group, published 2012, →ISBN, page 95:",
"text": "I lost seven kilos in the heat, but I needed to do it. I had to put myself through the wall to get where I needed to be. This was my Mount Everest. I had to climb it to prove to myself that I could compete at this level. But by gee, it was bloody hard work.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012 June 21, Michael Dirda, “Library of Congress issues list of ‘Books that Shaped America’”, in The Washington Post (Style section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-06-06:",
"text": "Most great book lists concentrate on works of the highest literary or scholarly merit. Think of the Harvard Classics, Harold Bloom's \"Western Canon,\" the Modern Library's selection of \"the 100 best novels of the 20th century.\" Here, the compilers imply, are our cultural masterpieces, the Mount Everests and K2s all literate people should scale in their lifetime.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Kelly McGonigal, “A Meaningful Life Is a Stressful Life”, in The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You (and How to Get Good at It), London: Vermilion, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:",
"text": "Two weeks later, [Alia] Crum was lying awake in bed when his comment came back to her. \"If you were climbing Everest, you can imagine it would be cold, and there'd be some nights it would be dark, and you'd be tired,\" Crum thought. \"You'd be pretty miserable. But what did you expect? You're climbing Everest.\" At that time in her life, finishing her dissertation was her Mount Everest. She wasn't sure she would succeed. But that challenge was important enough to be worth weathering a few cold, dark nights.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017 October 4, David Salazar, interviewer, quoting Russell Thomas, “Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’”, in OperaWire, archived from the original on 2018-10-09:",
"text": "O[pera]W[ire]: Many see it as the Mount Everest of tenor roles. What made you feel ready to take it on at this moment in your life? And why with ASO [the American Symphony Orchestra]? / R[ussell] T[homas]: It definitely is the Mount Everest of tenor roles!!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018 April 12, Tim Carman, “Can a chile pepper really cause an ‘incapacitating’ headache?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-15:",
"text": "To people of a certain disposition – thrill-seekers, daredevils, folks who never want to taste their food again – the Carolina Reaper is the Mount Everest of foodstuffs. It must be conquered.",
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"text": "[T]he privilege, as well as the duty, devolves on me to assign to this lofty pinnacle of our globe, a name whereby it may be known among geographers and become a household word among civilized nations. In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in conformity with what I believe to be the wish of all the Members of the scientific department, over which I have the honour to preside, and to perpetuate the memory of that illustrious master of accurate geographical research, I have determined to name this noble peak of the Himalayas ‘Mont Everest.’ […] In the case of Mont Everest the accordance of the independent heights is closer than could have been anticipated, because the mountain, though lofty and massive, is not a sharp well-defined peak and was observed from great distances.",
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"text": "It appears from a late survey made of the Himalaya range, by Colonel Waugh, that the Khanchinjinga, which has been hitherto supposed to be the highest summit, is, in fact, not so—a higher mountain having been discovered, situated between Katmandoo and Khanchinjinga. This last named is 28,156 feet above the level of the sea; but the new summit reaches the enormous height of 29,002 feet. It has been proposed to call this Mount Everest, after a former Surveyor-General of India.",
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"ref": "1857, Edward Thornton, “Everest Mount”, in A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and the Native States on the Continent of India. […], London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co., […], →OCLC, page 306, column 1:",
"text": "EVEREST MOUNT.—A mountain of the Himalaya range, situate between the mountain of Kinchingunga, in Sikkim, and the city of Khatmandoo, in Nepaul, and presumed to be the loftiest summit in the world. Its elevation is 29,002 feet above the level of the sea. The highest summit of the Andes is Sorata, having an elevation of 25,267 feet. Mount Everest is reported to have been recently discovered by Colonel Waugh, and to have been named in compliment to the late surveyor-general of India.",
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"ref": "1860 July 21, George Gilfillan, quotee, “Alpha and Omega [book review]”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume X, number 247, London: […] Spottiswoode and Co., […], →OCLC, page 87, column 2:",
"text": "But narrative, after all, is Mr. Gilfillan's forte, and his picture of the flood is a masterpiece. […] Then, we have mountains submerged and volcanoes extinguished, \"Ben Nevis sunk fathoms and fathoms more beneath the waves\"—\"the eye of Mount Blanc darkened, Old Taurus blotted out,\" the tide \"rolling over the summit of Mount Everest, and violating its last particle of virgin snow\"—and lastly, \"some human scenes of extraordinary interest,\" which Mr. Gilfillan descries amidst the surrounding confusion.",
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"text": "The mountains of Asia are the loftiest in the world. Mount Everest, one of the Himalayas, is more than five and one-half miles high,—a mile higher than Mount Tupungato!",
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"ref": "1870, James Orton, chapter VIII, in The Andes and the Amazon: or, Across the Continent of South America, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 131:",
"text": "Chimborazo was long supposed to be the tallest mountain on the globe, but its supremacy has been supplanted by Mount Everest in Asia, and Aconcagua in Chile. [Footnote †: Mount Everest is 29,000 feet, and Aconcagua 23,200. [Hermann von] Schlagintweit enumerates thirteen Himalayan summits over 25,000 feet, and forty-six above 20,000.]",
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"ref": "1878, Jules Verne, “The Bad Roads of Angola”, in [anonymous], transl., Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen. […], New York, N.Y.: George Munro, […], →OCLC, part II, page 197:",
"text": "It was one of those termite cones that, according to Lieutenant Cameron's comparison, are more astonishing than the pyramids of Egypt, raised by the hands of men, because they have been built by such small insects. \"It is,\" said he, \"as if a nation had built Mount Everest, the highest mountain of the Himalaya chain.\"",
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"ref": "1892 October, Clinton T[homas] Dent, “Can Mount Everest be Ascended?”, in James Knowles, editor, The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, volume XXXII, number CLXXXVII, London: Sampson Law, Marston & Company […], →OCLC, page 605:",
"text": "Although the real elevation, and even the geographical position, of even the highest mountain in the world are quite uncertain, it may be assumed that the goal lies somewhere near the northern frontier of Nepal, very probably north of the summit recognised by surveyors as Mount Everest, and that the height is at least 29,000 to 30,000 feet.",
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"ref": "1926 October, Francis Younghusband, “Preface”, in The Epic of Mount Everest, school edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., published April 1931 (1933 printing), →OCLC, page 5:",
"text": "The years have gone by and still we know not whether or no [George] Mallory and [Andrew] Irvine reached the summit. But the will to climb Mount Everest is still alive.",
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"ref": "1962, Edmund Hillary, Desmond Doig, “Into the Mingbo Valley”, in High in the Thin Cold Air: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, Led by Sir Edmund Hillary, […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 129:",
"text": "Our investigations were carried out almost exclusively among the Sherpa people living within thirty miles of Mount Everest. Tracks and sightings of the Yeti have been reported over a much wider area than this, but a large proportion of the more tangible evidence used in support of the Yeti theory comes from the region we examined.",
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"ref": "1989 December 30, P[ritamial] V[ijoyshanker] Bole, “Introduction”, in 100 Himalayan Flowers, New York, N.Y.: The Vendome Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 8:",
"text": "This abode of snow is the loftiest mountain range on earth. Its highest peak is the mighty Mount Everest. The Himalayas extend from Afghanistan in the east up to south-east Tibet, a distance of over 2,400 km in length and 250 to 400 km in breadth.",
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"ref": "2020 December 8, Ankit Adhikari, Joanna Slater, “It’s official: Mount Everest just got a little bit higher”, in The Washington Post (Asia & Pacific section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-12-08:",
"text": "Nepal and China, the two countries that share a border on Mount Everest, announced a new official measurement of the mountain’s height on Tuesday: 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet.",
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"ref": "2023 January 31, Bhadra Sharma, Adam Skolnick, “The Queen of Everest trains while working at whole foods”, in The New York Times (Sports section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-31:",
"text": "Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Mount Everest 10 times, the most ascents ever by a woman. She has no plans of slowing down.",
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"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
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"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
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"sense": "world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas",
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"ref": "1907, Edmund Gosse, “The Age of Elizabeth 1560–1610”, in A Short History of Modern English Literature, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 104:",
"text": "We stand on the colossal peak of King Lear, with Othello on our right hand and Macbeth on our left, the sublime masses of Elizabethan mountain country rolling on every side of us, yet plainly dominated by the extraordinary central cluster of aiguilles on which we have planted ourselves. This triple summit of the later tragedies of [William] Shakespeare forms the Mount Everest of the poetry of the world.",
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"ref": "2010 January 17, Claire Sawers, “A journey from ballroom to battlefield”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-09:",
"text": "War and Peace is often seen as the Mount Everest of novels. A daunting door-stopper of a tome, at almost 1,500 pages, it is rarely finished.",
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"ref": "2011, Max Davidson, quoting Dean Jones, “Dean Jones: ‘Get Me a Real Australian’”, in Fields of Courage: The Bravest Chapters in Sport, London: Abacus, Little, Brown Book Group, published 2012, →ISBN, page 95:",
"text": "I lost seven kilos in the heat, but I needed to do it. I had to put myself through the wall to get where I needed to be. This was my Mount Everest. I had to climb it to prove to myself that I could compete at this level. But by gee, it was bloody hard work.",
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"ref": "2012 June 21, Michael Dirda, “Library of Congress issues list of ‘Books that Shaped America’”, in The Washington Post (Style section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-06-06:",
"text": "Most great book lists concentrate on works of the highest literary or scholarly merit. Think of the Harvard Classics, Harold Bloom's \"Western Canon,\" the Modern Library's selection of \"the 100 best novels of the 20th century.\" Here, the compilers imply, are our cultural masterpieces, the Mount Everests and K2s all literate people should scale in their lifetime.",
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"ref": "2015, Kelly McGonigal, “A Meaningful Life Is a Stressful Life”, in The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You (and How to Get Good at It), London: Vermilion, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:",
"text": "Two weeks later, [Alia] Crum was lying awake in bed when his comment came back to her. \"If you were climbing Everest, you can imagine it would be cold, and there'd be some nights it would be dark, and you'd be tired,\" Crum thought. \"You'd be pretty miserable. But what did you expect? You're climbing Everest.\" At that time in her life, finishing her dissertation was her Mount Everest. She wasn't sure she would succeed. But that challenge was important enough to be worth weathering a few cold, dark nights.",
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"ref": "2017 October 4, David Salazar, interviewer, quoting Russell Thomas, “Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’”, in OperaWire, archived from the original on 2018-10-09:",
"text": "O[pera]W[ire]: Many see it as the Mount Everest of tenor roles. What made you feel ready to take it on at this moment in your life? And why with ASO [the American Symphony Orchestra]? / R[ussell] T[homas]: It definitely is the Mount Everest of tenor roles!!",
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"ref": "2018 April 12, Tim Carman, “Can a chile pepper really cause an ‘incapacitating’ headache?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-15:",
"text": "To people of a certain disposition – thrill-seekers, daredevils, folks who never want to taste their food again – the Carolina Reaper is the Mount Everest of foodstuffs. It must be conquered.",
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"ref": "2021 October 4, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Oyster shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ has a pearl of a message”, in The New York Times (Art & Design section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-04:",
"text": "To get to Newtown Creek, a severely polluted New York City waterway and Superfund site once teeming with oyster beds, the Mohawk artist Alan Michelson wended his way past the detritus of industrial Queens – the garbage haulers, the taco truck parking lots, the Mount Everests of scrap metal and building debris being clawed by construction cranes.",
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"ref": "2023 February 20, Bob Wisener, “Steve Asmussen reaches 10,000 win mark at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort”, in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-20:",
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