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[moor] / mʊər /


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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

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

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

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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