wilderness
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These effects are most often studied in large wilderness regions, particularly in well-known examples involving wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
After 28 years of watching World Cups from football's wilderness, there was never much danger of the Tartan Army getting antsy about the gridlock on the road to Foxborough.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Ivan Toney came on for the second half in Tampa after spending a year in the England wilderness, following a three-minute appearance in the friendly defeat against Senegal at the City Ground, Nottingham.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The Brown family and their life in the Alaskan wilderness were the subject of the reality TV show “Alaskan Bush People,” which ran on the Discovery Channel from 2014 to 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
They continued to regard themselves as people of the covenant, selected and commanded by their god to go into the wilderness to build the new promised land.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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