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glade

[gleyd] / gleɪd /
NOUN
dell
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The group hopes to improve the rare habitat by carrying out veteran tree care, glade creation and invasive-species control.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Now that she’s an animal, she struggles to learn why the others have departed the glade.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

Once a thick forest with rolls stacked five high to the ceiling, it is now a small glade as stock runs low.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2024

An offseason pruning operation thinned out brush at Summit East above the water tower and in Alpental’s Snake Dance zone to improve the glade skiing experience.

From Seattle Times Dec. 10, 2021

At the far side of the glade there was a break in the wall of trees, and a clear path beyond it.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Across the UK, the ants have declined due to habitat loss, woodland fragmentation and changes in land management that have reduced the sunny woodland edges and glades they rely on.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

What if we let some beavers chop down a few trees, creating little glades of open sky next to our ponds?

From Slate Aug. 31, 2023

Genetic analyses indicate the pythons that live in the glades are all closely related.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2022

The artificial glades which led to the lime tree in the form of a cross were no longer of use after the first half-hour.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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