jungle
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From the outside it looks like an ordinary house on a terraced street - but behind lies a tropical jungle complete with some poisonous plants.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Countless before-and-after transplant posts, meanwhile, feature guys who flew to Turkey as Sphynx cats and seemingly returned as kings of the jungle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Managing it, the report notes, requires navigating a bureaucratic jungle that includes the zoo commission, neighborhood councils, city attorney, city controller and other departments, as well as the mayor and the City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
There was nothing on the jungle floor save for bits of moss and bramble.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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"Roads were made and security forces opened camps inside the jungles," local police chief Sundarraj P, who spent years fighting the insurgency, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The firm’s crew was in Hawaii’s jungles to troubleshoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Many made the treacherous journey through the jungles of the Darien Gap before setting up camp in a park near the Perkins K-8 school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
They are constricted on the one hand by construction that is transforming fields into concrete jungles, and on the other, by impoverished soils and competition from cheap food imports that undermine their revenue.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
In the dark of the movie theater he first saw jungles, oceans, and deserts.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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