wilderness
Example Sentences
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It would also require a rare act of “un-designating” some of the park’s protected wilderness areas.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
W National Park and two adjacent ones, Pendjari and Arly, are the largest protected wilderness areas in West Africa, covering 1.7 million hectares.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
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
All three women knew, with sinking hearts, that they were going to run out of fuel in the middle of the Siberian wilderness.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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