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[den] / dɛn /




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That friendly could potentially give the likes of Nathan Collins and Sepp van den Berg a chance to return to action, with the rest of the squad made up of under-21 players.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Despite their mudcat nickname, enormous catfish keep a surprisingly clean den.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The 3-week-old kitten was found in his den on March 25.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Additionally, the home has a den, built-in storage, curved staircase, outdoor movie pavilion, and 50-foot-long lap pool designed by Johnston Vidal.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

He hooted and vanished swiftly into his den.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Growing up in rural Monmouthshire, she regularly got covered in mud and played for hours in the woods with her younger brother, damming rivers and making dens.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Across Silicon Valley, work is being remade as once mellow spaces become dens of din.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

The hefty price of color camouflage may explain why many octopuses spend so much time hiding in dens, and why deep-sea octopuses—who live in extremely dark waters—have less vibrant chromatophore systems, the researchers suggest.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2024

In time, the fairies themselves came out to join me in my games, and then the other creatures began to emerge from their dens and burrows, too.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

She returned to an area near Topanga Canyon, where she denned for months, beginning in October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

During her time under observation, Uno probably denned more than once; she produced at least one litter, with four kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

He recommends waiting to put feeders out until there is 4 to 6 inches of snow on the ground to be sure the bears denned for the winter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

On strictly legal grounds, Kubali held that the statute was unconstitutional because "it perverted the principle of freedom of expression" as denned by the Turkish constitution.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew the old ringtails would be hungry and stirring for they had been denned up during the storm.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The researchers concluded that the cave was used primarily by hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas, with only periodic human presence.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

In 2022, authorities were able to tag her ear and attached a satellite tracking collar when they discovered her denning under a residence with her three cubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

Ideal denning conditions and abundant food attract the antisocial animals and force them into close quarters, where it’s common for them to poke, prod, grab and otherwise annoy one another.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

What researchers do know is that the pups stay with their mothers later into the denning season, shifting pack dynamics.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2022

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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