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glade

[gleyd] / gleɪd /
NOUN
dell
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The zany movie features a young environmental advocate who “hops” her consciousness into a robotic beaver and bands together with other woodland creatures to stop a planned freeway expansion through a glade.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2026

Now that she’s an animal, she struggles to learn why the others have departed the glade.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

There is no longer any trace of the camp and a modest stone memorial was erected in a little glade at the farm for those who died.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2022

An offseason pruning operation thinned out brush at Summit East above the water tower and in Alpental’s Snake Dance zone to improve the glade skiing experience.

From Seattle Times Dec. 10, 2021

We walked in silence for a long time until Ayanna slowed, and I realized we were back at the indoor Thicket glade where John Henry and the others had quizzed me earlier.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Across the UK, the ants have declined due to habitat loss, woodland fragmentation and changes in land management that have reduced the sunny woodland edges and glades they rely on.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

What if we let some beavers chop down a few trees, creating little glades of open sky next to our ponds?

From Slate Aug. 31, 2023

Genetic analyses indicate the pythons that live in the glades are all closely related.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2022

There were no paths exactly, and the glades were not continuous.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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