the wild
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However, he believes that releasing Harriet into the wild would only result in her being hurt or killed.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
In the wild west of modern-day college football, a de facto professional league in which every player is a free agent, one school has been the only constant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Spix's macaws, a Brazilian blue parrot extinct in the wild -- as featured in the 2011 Disney film "Rio" -- were transferred from Germany without Brazil's required consent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Ciena experienced the wild swings of that era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Turks were also fighting the Russians in the wild mountains of the Caucasus, where an ill-equipped Turkish army suffered severely as the opposing sides struck at each other again and again.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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