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moor

[moor] / mʊər /


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"They want to come here and experience the Brontes, the moor, and find their own interpretation of Emily," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

He said the wind was "horrendous up on the moor edge".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Its single “Chains of Love” is a hybrid of new and old, with orchestral flourishes bouncing off the singer’s voice, which is processed to sound pinched and distant—as if echoing across a windswept moor, perhaps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The April 2021 wildfires caused purple moor grass "to really take off" and prevented other plants, like heather, growing back.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

Among the junipers and the birch trees on the moor we practise company drill each day.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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