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woodland

[wood-land, -luhnd, wood-luhnd] / ˈwʊdˌlænd, -lənd, ˈwʊd lənd /
NOUN
land covered with woods or trees
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NOUN
forest
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Dulkay had known Bucha as an affluent Kyiv suburb with parks and woodland where he would travel with his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“The focal point of the space is this sort of epic woodland fantasy,” Marston says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Two species of damselfly have been recorded for the first time in a woodland after the completion of a three-year project to restore habitat across seven nature reserves, a wildlife trust has revealed.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

At Astonbury Wood, woodland glades were reverted to woodland after about 20 years without management.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

All we face is a lot of peaceful mice and some local woodland creatures.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Forestry England says autumn colours are developing at different rates across the country's woodlands.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

But wildfires have burned several of these areas in recent years, including dense woodlands near Covington Flats and Black Rock Campground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Shekhar, look to your left,” Sanjoy says as the road on which they are traveling first starts to wend its way through woodlands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Instead, people are encouraged to enjoy fungi where they are found, whether in Birmingham city parks, the woodlands of Cannock Chase, Sutton Park or the Wyre Forest.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The flood was taking them into an area of hills and woodlands, hills that crowded closer than before and woodlands that were partly bare and partly evergreen.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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