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[glen] / glɛn /


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The chalet and glen continued to be popular with both tourists and locals and the building was used as a lodge and cafe for many years as part of the treasured national glen.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

"It's quite tough to see, it's not just the trees that are gone, all the wildlife in the glen has been devastated too," she said.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2025

Each non-Pee-wee appearance required the audience to recalibrate our expectations and remove Reubens from the glen plaid suits and pomade-slicked hairdo for which we came to know him.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2023

Indeed, consumers may want their vehicles not only to look good in, say, a wooded glen, but also to project the very idea that they care about wooded glens.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

He opened the gate, passed through it, and strayed away down the glen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

But the organisation said finding meteorites would be difficult in a vast area of mountains and glens.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

Although most of the park fills up daily with birthday parties, off-leash dogs, and brass bands, it’s also home to a network of shady glens, murmuring creeks, and still ponds.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2023

Indeed, consumers may want their vehicles not only to look good in, say, a wooded glen, but also to project the very idea that they care about wooded glens.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

The remote area of Scotland's west coast is only accessible by boat or a two-day hike across glens and mountains.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2022

Immediately before the travellers the widest of these glens opened like a long gulf among the hills.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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