wilderness

Example Sentences

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The stock spent years in the wilderness afterward, falling to as low as $1.50 in July 2022 from a 2017 closing high of $99.61.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The two had been 14 hours into the Inuvik Weekend Warrior Fat Bike Challenge - a three-day cycle across frozen rivers, remote highways and Canada's Arctic wilderness - when they were forced to withdraw.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

He’s understood in Ireland as a canny political operator who led his boring center-right party, Fianna Fáil, back to power after a decade in the wilderness.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Nearly 60 years ago, a cowboy rode on horseback into the Northern California wilderness with a 16mm camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In truth, Pong had drifted only a few miles south of Chattana, but to him it seemed as if he'd entered an impenetrable wilderness.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat