den
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"Some of the memories that they'll treasure most will come from simple things, like baking together or a picnic in the park, or building a den in the living room."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Poised over everyone like a den mother is Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, who reads Mr. Trump’s moods impeccably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
His nomination, subject to shareholder approval, comes as the brewer is facing lower beer sales after six years under CEO Dolf van den Brink, who surprised the company by stepping down after a "mixed performance".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
“With Paul, what separates him from other coaches is he always wants to train,” said Roman Van den Bosch, an 18-year-old high school student who has been working with Caligiuri for a couple of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Then he carried me into the den with Willy and Brenda clinging to his legs and yelping.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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So-called “barkitecture” includes marble puppy spas, cat hideaways and dens built specifically for Fido.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
But they are opportunists when it comes to food and will become conditioned to relying on trash left behind by humans, especially in areas bordering on their habitats or dens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 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 bears would be hidden away in their dens where they slept soundly all winter long.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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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
Small businesses, which are roughly denned as those firms with fewer than 500 employees, are the very backbone of the U.S. economy, accounting for more than 56% of all jobs in the American labor force.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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