natural state
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Four hundred years after monks transformed a patch of marshlands in northwest Italy into rice fields, farmer Alice Cerutti has restored a third to their natural state, prioritising biodiversity over crop yield.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
I’ve never needed to be told to keep my heart open while watching a film; that’s its natural state.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
But other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
Calling her here might kill her, or turn her back to her natural state as a fierce monster.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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