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[den] / dɛn /




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That friendly could potentially give the likes of Nathan Collins and Sepp van den Berg a chance to return to action, with the rest of the squad made up of under-21 players.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Around 10 a.m., a staff member noticed that Samba wasn’t leaving her den.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Additionally, the home has a den, built-in storage, curved staircase, outdoor movie pavilion, and 50-foot-long lap pool designed by Johnston Vidal.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

They knew because of Valley’s lessons that they sometimes stored their meals for later, but if there were already bones in the den, someone else hadn’t been as lucky.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Across Silicon Valley, work is being remade as once mellow spaces become dens of din.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 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

Back when he was working as a wildlife officer in Mammoth Lakes in the 1990s, Searles says he often saw coyotes sleeping outside bear dens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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

Even though paraffin on his arms always worked at the gambling dens, his heart had still been hammering as he faced her.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Kafka's guilt-laden bureaucrats, Beckett's barren moral landscapes denned the American mood.

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

The state plans to appeal and will continue to track the denning status of grizzly bears in case its appeal is successful and the injunction is overturned, the agency said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

“We get 10-20 reports of bears denning under porches every year, and we have never had a negative incident that occurred as a result of this,” Mr. Hawley said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

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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