wilderness
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These effects are most often studied in large wilderness regions, particularly in well-known examples involving wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
After 28 years of watching World Cups from football's wilderness, there was never much danger of the Tartan Army getting antsy about the gridlock on the road to Foxborough.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s an indignant question, one she’s asked herself repeatedly this past year, a time of “total shock” during which she and her husband found themselves in the wilderness instead of the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Then, more softly, adds, “Bibi must be a wilderness woman, too.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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