native

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Cholla gardens and brittlebush rise from pale alluvial slopes, and a seasonal stream leads to one of California’s few native fan palm oases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Many immigrants want to return to their native countries, but often life gets in the way.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Beavers are native to the British mainland but they were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the native men sees me eyeing the bread, and he laughs.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone