glen
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Matthew Richardson from Manx National Heritage explained that the "lovely natural Manx glen" appears to date back to the 1820s, but all is not as it seems.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Each non-Pee-wee appearance required the audience to recalibrate our expectations and remove Reubens from the glen plaid suits and pomade-slicked hairdo for which we came to know him.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2023
It has been credited with transforming a once bare area into a wooded glen.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
In a leafy glen in a very small, beautiful moment, the trees watched too.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains’ feet.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
Below Backwater, at the foot of the Angus glens, lies the little town of Kirriemuir - best known as the birthplace of Peter Pan's creator, JM Barrie.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
But the organisation said finding meteorites would be difficult in a vast area of mountains and glens.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
Although most of the park fills up daily with birthday parties, off-leash dogs, and brass bands, it’s also home to a network of shady glens, murmuring creeks, and still ponds.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
The glens were full of frost and fog.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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