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boreal

[bawr-ee-uhl, bohr-] / ˈbɔr i əl, ˈboʊr- /


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And how can remote communities, often closest to danger because of their proximity to Canada's vast boreal forest, learn to live with this new reality?

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

A significant portion of it comes from boreal forests in Canada and across Scandinavia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Unlike Californian forests, where preventative measures can be taken through thinning, boreal forests, which are very dense, cannot be controlled," Bergeron said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

He is Frank Volkheimer, an upperclassman, seventeen years old, a colossal boy from some boreal village, a legend among the younger cadets.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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