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jungle

[juhng-guhl] / ˈdʒʌŋ gəl /


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As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

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

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Built on a jungle island roughly 85 miles north of the equator, Singapore is no stranger to cicadas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 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

Alexander dangled from the musket as if it were part of a jungle gym, while Beowulf was perched on the man’s head, wrestling vigorously with the hat.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

A large military transport plane carrying Colombian troops crashed Monday in a forested part of the country’s southern jungles, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

"We are homeless, hiding in jungles, and living between life and death," said the 40-year-old.

From Barron's Dec. 27, 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

The Scalp Ceremony lay to rest the Japanese souls in the green humid jungles, and it satisfied the female giant who fed on the dreams of warriors.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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