den
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Poised over everyone like a den mother is Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, who reads Mr. Trump’s moods impeccably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
His nomination, subject to shareholder approval, comes as the brewer is facing lower beer sales after six years under CEO Dolf van den Brink, who surprised the company by stepping down after a "mixed performance".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
“With Paul, what separates him from other coaches is he always wants to train,” said Roman Van den Bosch, an 18-year-old high school student who has been working with Caligiuri for a couple of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
A third level of the property features a very cozy den, with a large sectional couch at its center, as well as a reading nook in the window and a small dining space.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Bobo is lying in the corner of his den, with one arm stretched out over his head and the other resting on his chest.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
But a century after the term first emerged to describe the clandestine drinking dens of Prohibition, its meaning has blurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
This allowed biologists to locate several dens and gain a better understanding of the foxes’ reproductive patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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
But what if instead of telling the tourists a bunch of polar bear facts, he also talked about the melting ice and the crumbling permafrost and the momma bears losing their dens?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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
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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
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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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