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[glen] / glɛn /


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According to the trust, thousands of years ago the glen would have been a native woodland but it was left bare by human intervention such as grazing sheep and deer.

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

In a leafy glen in a very small, beautiful moment, the trees watched too.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

As the wind and rain batters them, many of the group ponder Lady Evelyn's final journey up the glen to her chosen burial spot.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022

Northward the dale ran up into a glen of shadows between two great arms of the mountains, above which three white peaks were shining: Celebdil, Fanuidhol, Caradhras, the Mountains of Moria.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025

Below Backwater, at the foot of the Angus glens, lies the little town of Kirriemuir - best known as the birthplace of Peter Pan's creator, JM Barrie.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

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

There were no natural glens in all of Bakersfield.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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