far-flung

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Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

An explosion of maritime traffic in the decades after powered the rise of mammoth conglomerates buying inputs from far-flung suppliers and chasing whichever consumer offered the biggest, quickest profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The tradeoff for tight quarters is proximity to conveniences and culture not generally found in far-flung places.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

It was they who suffered most from the cold, standing watch around the clock in far-flung reaches of the park where no shelter existed.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson