wilderness
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"As a crime viewer, I've had enough of troubled, grizzled detectives in the wilderness battling their demons," he said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“Tracker” is primarily set in the wilderness, making the move to California a fresh opportunity for the production to explore diverse landscapes for its backdrop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
The painter Frederic Edwin Church would make detailed sketches of plants that might appear in his spectacular, worshipful paintings of the wilderness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
W National Park and two adjacent ones, Pendjari and Arly, are the largest protected wilderness areas in West Africa, covering 1.7 million hectares.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“Okay, what now?” said Razi, coming to a halt near some wilderness where whistling spur fowl wandered underfoot.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
List 7
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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