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[pahyn] / paɪn /


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Eighty percent of the bird species in Albania can be found here, across sand dunes, pine forest, and a lagoon that stretches over 16 square miles.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

"So yeah, I do definitely pine for those non-digital, in-person experiences, and I envy my parents for having them."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Some people pine for the past, when Russian crude flowed freely, she said.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

The Torrey pine is among the rarest species of pine trees in the world, according to the National Park Service.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

They formed an honor cortege that wound its way across the Jungfern Bridge and through the pine forest to the New Johannes cemetery.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Moist vegetation needs to be planted among the pines, he said, and bigger fire buffer zones are needed on each town’s outer edges, such as ball fields or livestock pastures.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

There, on the banks of the Almone, he finds the Bosco Sacro, a “sacred grove” composed of “several ancient holm pines arranged in a perfect circle” around what must once have been a pagan altar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

He also recently planted pines that will reach maturity alongside his 4-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

JimmyTrotter took a chance and ran through the pines and over the creek to check on Butter and to get whatever afternoon milk Sophie was willing to give.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

But there’s one confection I’ve pined for, one tied to the memory of my mother.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Nick Martinez, 35, SP, 2.3, 11.2: Martinez is a swingman who has pined for the workload and pay of a full-time starter.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

Yet, there is one thing that Manilow has always pined for and now inspires some irrational fears: a Broadway show.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2023

Several residents still pined for a separate state, leading India’s Parliament to establish Sikh- and Hindu-dominated states in the north, respectively recognized as Punjab and Haryana, by 1966.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2023

The most visionary of the brain busters pined for the day when a pilot could take one of their creations for a hypersonic joy ride: Mach 5 or faster.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Before many learned Walter might be interested in selling the team quickly, Kushner and Iger, already pining for an NBA franchise, jumped at the opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

The lack of a son’s POV makes Boy Mom pining both performative and disturbingly real.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.

From Barron's May 24, 2026

Speaking to the BBC from New York, Baranski said she had been pining to return to her theatre roots for some time.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

It’s not like I expected him to sit home all weekend, pining for me, but would it have killed him to act a little disappointed?

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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