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jungle

[juhng-guhl] / ˈdʒʌŋ gəl /


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Pattaya was little more than a fishing village surrounded by jungle when young GIs deployed in Thailand visited the sleepy bay sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

He was arrested a year later during an overnight raid on a jungle hideout.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The dogs’ sleeping quarters are modeled after the park’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, with its fort-like corridors made of sun-dried brick, the walls strewn with overgrown jungle vines.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Okuda also once crossed a jungle to meet leftist guerrillas in the Philippines when he ran Toyota's local operations there in the early 1970s, Bloomberg News reported.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

I turn back to the jungle and flinch.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"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

After conquering South America, which involved dodging gangs in the jungles of the Darien Gap, which bridges Panama and Colombia, his route took him through Mexico.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

"It's not about confronting a large army with weapons we don't have. We don't even have anti-aircraft defenses. Instead, we rely on the masses, our mountains, and our jungles, as we always have."

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

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

But it was not the green color of the jungles, suffocating and strangling the earth.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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