glen

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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

Tomlin: Well, the first time I’m over the hill, I have a lovely, beautiful glen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

In St. Louis, setting up the stage at the bottom of an amphitheater-like glen avoided that problem, but squeezing it into that spot was a worrisomely close shave.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

The glen and sky spun round: the hills heaved!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë