felled
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Hanna Halmeenpaa, chair of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, had previously told the AFP news agency that "nature sites which should be preserved" had been felled.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
To quote his felled primary opponent, Sen. John Cornyn, “Paxton’s a poor campaigner” who’s “lazy and doesn’t raise money. And he basically is not offering a very compelling case for his election.”
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
A sudden liquidity panic, the kind that felled Lehman Brothers, he noted, is something Beijing can nearly always head off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some residents began to resist the direction Auroville was taking in 2021, with tens of thousands of trees felled and land traded.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
It created deserts, sank ships, felled entire forests, and blew through cities filled with music and strange noises.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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