jungle
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Driving on a road along the banks of the Orteguaza River in southern Colombia, Cortés pointed to the long boats churning past, piled high with food, fuel and other supplies bound for jungle communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The two got stuck when they reached the village of Chame, which had been evacuated due to the risk of landslides, and had to spend a night in the jungle, Graham said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Between the harshness of the jungle and the humanity of his encounters, this novel recounts survival in a dazzlingly poetic language,” Fnac said when announcing the book’s win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Sorcerer” is about a group of fugitives driving a load of dynamite across the jungle; “The Weight” follows a group of Depression-era convicts transferring gold through the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Next to the jungle lies a lake, as turquoise as an image I’d seen of the ocean in the Philippines.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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There are 230,000 graves nationwide for unidentified soldiers, while thousands of others are believed to remain buried in remote jungles, or under farmland or other former battlefields.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
For those whose husbands fought for the British in the jungles of places like Malaya and Borneo in the1950s and 60s time is now running out.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"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
They say the Youns marched into Cambodia only three weeks ago, on January 25, and through their artillery power and army defeated the Khmer Rouge, sending Pol Pot and his men running into the jungles.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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