glen
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But over time that began to slow down and in 1958 the site was bought by the Isle of Man Forestry Board and "became a nationally-owned glen".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
But instead of disappearing beneath the Atlantic waves – the Titanic is depicted sinking in a desert, a glen, and other non-maritime landscapes.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 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
With hounds questing ahead, in open order, the sons of Autolykos went down a glen, Odysseus in the lead, behind the dogs, pointing his long-shadowing spear.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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