nested
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The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.
Melissa Subbotin, a spokesperson for PG&E, said the poles and wires near where the birds nested had been adapted with coverings and other safety features to make them safe for raptors.
From Los Angeles Times
The bright structures around the planet were not solid extensions of the world itself, but separate rings formed from many thin, nested arcs.
From Science Daily
"They preserve microstructural and geochemical signals that tell us not only what kinds of animals laid them, but also where they nested and how they bred," he says.
From Science Daily
Instead, they identified immense, separate rings formed from innumerable nested arcs.
From Science Daily
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