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[den] / dɛn /




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Inside, the home boasts an expansive living room and family room, a separate formal dining room, den, game room, recreation space, exercise room, and a finished lower level.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Despite their mudcat nickname, enormous catfish keep a surprisingly clean den.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Van den Berg signed a four-year deal with the option of a further year and was at Celtic Park for the 3-0 win over Aberdeen.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The 3-week-old kitten was found in his den on March 25.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

I followed her into the den, where she sat on the couch and started rummaging through one of the many bags on the floor.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

So-called “barkitecture” includes marble puppy spas, cat hideaways and dens built specifically for Fido.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In mountainous areas, such as Big Bear, several rattlesnakes will live together in dens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

It's certainly hard to imagine life at Westminster without pubs and bars, but changing social attitudes are lapping at the gates of its historic drinking dens.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025

“The owls will fly away. They’ll find new dens somewhere else.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

She returned to an area near Topanga Canyon, where she denned for months, beginning in October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

During her time under observation, Uno probably denned more than once; she produced at least one litter, with four kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

He recommends waiting to put feeders out until there is 4 to 6 inches of snow on the ground to be sure the bears denned for the winter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

On strictly legal grounds, Kubali held that the statute was unconstitutional because "it perverted the principle of freedom of expression" as denned by the Turkish constitution.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew the old ringtails would be hungry and stirring for they had been denned up during the storm.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

When wolves are denning, they’re anchored to one spot — the den — upping the chances of finding them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

The researchers concluded that the cave was used primarily by hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas, with only periodic human presence.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

Ideal denning conditions and abundant food attract the antisocial animals and force them into close quarters, where it’s common for them to poke, prod, grab and otherwise annoy one another.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

What researchers do know is that the pups stay with their mothers later into the denning season, shifting pack dynamics.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2022

What would the momma polar bears do for dens when wildfires destroyed their ancestral denning sites?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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