wilderness

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Mountain lions can be found in wilderness areas near Pasadena such as the Angeles National Forest and Arroyo Seco.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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

"Everything from wilderness survival training and sea survival to a lot of classroom-based stuff, physics, engineering, biology, human performance, and behaviour," he told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Ivan Toney, who has spent almost a year in the international wilderness and now plays his club football in Saudi Arabia, has also not given up hope of making the squad.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

They went to the wilderness to worship, to the wildest mountains, the deepest forests, as if they kept to the customs of an ancient time before men had thought of building houses for their gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton