wilderness
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According to the biblical Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia spent seven years in the wilderness eating grass and behaving like an ox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
There are an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Sami people across the vast Arctic wilderness of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia's Kola peninsula.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Events cannot alter the movement of visitors, wildlife or traffic, close roads or trails, or take place in designated wilderness areas.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Instead, he went for the flourish, trying to take it round the Slovenian and marking his return to the side after 2,005 days in the wilderness with a first goal on his 17th appearance.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 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
America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
He came out of Africa and had spent years in the wildernesses of the East and the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
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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