wilderness
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"Ants, for example, this year are only available for customers who specifically ask to try them," said Atala, whose Sao Paulo restaurant D.O.M. plucks ingredients from the Amazonian wilderness to reinterpret Indigenous traditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
James and his combat dog Odin survive the crash, just barely, but they’re stranded deep in the wilderness, miles from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The real test of this new love for the Scottish wilderness is whether it leaves enough wilderness for the next generation.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Camino isn’t wilderness, and it isn’t tourism in the usual sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the wilderness, stealing food from other people is a major offense, especially when provisions are already scarce and the threat of dying from starvation is a real possibility.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
AppLovin has an ad platform that facilitates ads surrounding mobile apps, especially games, one of the last untamed wildernesses of digital advertising.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The famous walking route from the central belt to the Highlands takes walkers along the shores of Loch Lomond and across Rannoch Moor - one of the last wildernesses in Europe.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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