moor
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A wildfire started in the area on 15 July and the incident, which has burned through thousands of acres of woodland and moor, continues to be monitored for hotspots.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"They want to come here and experience the Brontes, the moor, and find their own interpretation of Emily," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
Its single “Chains of Love” is a hybrid of new and old, with orchestral flourishes bouncing off the singer’s voice, which is processed to sound pinched and distant—as if echoing across a windswept moor, perhaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Campers were being asked to check the Backpack Code and where camping is permitted on the moor before heading out.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Three dead trees on the moor below, burned up alive by lightning, are ominous portents.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
We eventually find it, set in a rugged landscape of hills and moors, and even the steady rain can't disguise its beauty.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
While driving around Hebden Bridge and towns surrounding nearby Halifax, I more than once imagined I was Catherine Cawood and marveled at Wainwright’s loyalty to this land, its cities, towns, farms and moors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
They spend their time sailing, playing tennis, and sometimes recalling the halcyon days of crossing the moors behind packs of beagles to hunt down rabbits.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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On Wednesday a drone struck a US-owned gas vessel moored in an Egyptian port, causing a fire.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Three days before the U.S. game in Seattle some 500 fans, most wearing the blue-and-white striped jerseys of Argentina, filed onto a 322-foot cargo barge moored in Elliott Bay to watch their team play Algeria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The futures contracts aren’t moored to any underlying equity stake in the company.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Instead, Sagi Khant’s crew went back to a daily routine of jogging and working out on the deck of their moored cargo ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
By it were moored many boats and barges.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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They said between 00:16 and 00:36 when the boat was taken from its mooring, Vitoria could no longer be seen on CCTV.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Asked about the 5.5 million barrels of fuel that, according to Kpler data, arrived from Russia at the company’s mooring in the bay of Mersin this year, Ayrik said he couldn’t discuss the company’s customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
A major Russian oil terminal near the southern port of Novorossiysk halted operations early Saturday after a naval drone attack damaged one of its three mooring points.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
We made the mooring all right on the second try.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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