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corrie
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cor·rie  (kôr, kr)
n.
A round hollow in a hillside; a cirque.

[Scottish Gaelic coire, hollow, cauldron, from Old Irish, cauldron, whirlpool.]

corrie
Noun
(in Scotland) a circular hollow on the side of a hill [Gaelic coire cauldron]
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Noun1.corriecorrie - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"


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In the three-and-a-half years since their daughter was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Corries have adopted as their own the cause in which their daughter Rachel lost her life.
The Corries showed film clips from Rachel's last press conference, held in Rafah two days before she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer destroying Palestinian homes and green-houses.
While the Corries are the first name on the lawsuit against Caterpillar, Skinner noted, there are four Palestinian plaintiffs who also are involved in the filing.
 
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