dale
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Keep going to the even more spectacular Whitfield, before ascending out of the glen and taking a moorland track back to Askrigg, with commanding views over the dale.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2019
They have been with her up hill and down dale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2016
There’s a scene in “A Walk in the Woods,” a low-impact amble through hill, dale and cinematic nostalgia, when our two crusty trekkers face down a pair of bears.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2015
On the southern flank of the dale, David Dinsdale calls instructions to his border collie Tom to round up his flock of mule gimmers - young ewes.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2015
Where before the green dale had lain, its grassy slopes lapping the ever-mounting hills, there now a forest loomed.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Over the past four years, Graeme has become something of an expert in birds and spends many hours trying to find the best spots to see them in his native Durham dales.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
Read on for tips on where to find flowers, which wineries are on the up and how to stay satiated and well rested as you roam the region’s hills and dales.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
O’Connor leans heavily into that fusing of the inner and natural worlds: There’s lots of twirling about in “Emily,” often amid drenching rainstorms while cavorting on those aforementioned dales.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
The glory that now haloes the vineyard valleys of Sonoma and Santa Ynez, Alexander and Edna, the Russian River, and other dales and vales, once belonged to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
As long as they could they avoided climbing for Frodo’s sake, and because it was in fact difficult to find any way up out of the narrow dales.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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