lands

Example Sentences

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His hope is that we “preserve more lands for the unknown, for the phantoms, for the descendants” of the great native species.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Experts see protected Indigenous lands as one of the best defenses against climate change and deforestation.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The district is anchored in the eastern side of Bakersfield, home to California’s once-thriving oil fields, and stretches northward toward Fresno to include swaths of agricultural lands and small farming towns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

He says the tension between protecting birds of prey and managing land for grouse shooting is ultimately economic: "That is where the root of the conflict actually lands."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

All occupied territories in France and Belgium were to be evacuated immediately, and all territory conquered in eastern Europe since 1914, including lands ceded by Russia at Brest-Litovsk, was to be surrendered.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman