verdant

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When Allende watched the show, she was struck by the landscapes of the country — the vast desert, verdant forests and farmland, snowcapped peaks — its authenticity and flavor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

His eponymous company, which the Gilded Age lumber baron founded with partners in 1900, pioneered logging techniques to harvest the Pacific Northwest’s verdant slopes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Casting its relentless sunshine as a background character, coaxing neighbors out of their shells and into verdant parks and yards and onto their manicured streets, is part of that.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The valley of Anterselva, with its snow-capped peaks and verdant pastures, is the most northern of the seven venues for the Games, which run in Italy from February 6 to 22.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

I wandered within the spired cities and domed pumping stations of Barsoom, and along the verdant banks of the Nilosyrtis and Nepenthes canals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan