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[pahyn] / paɪn /


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Be it with candles or the pine sticks preferred in Sagada, lighting a flame is "inviting the presence of Christ with us, having fellowship with our departed loved ones", he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Foresters fear that many older Scots pine trees could die because of fire damage.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Oh, look,” she says on our walk, pointing to the entwined branches of a nearby pine and sycamore tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

According to People, Love and his wife, Jacquelyne Piesen, arranged for 6 acres surrounding their Incline Village property to be protected from development, helping preserve the towering pine trees and wildlife that characterize the area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Among the evergreen pine trees, Nazis had stealthily planted larch trees.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Forestry and Land Scotland say the blaze around Glenmore in the Cairngorms may have led to the loss of many so-called "granny pines" which have matured over centuries.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

She stopped in the middle of the woods during a walk, looked with disapproval at my light jacket, and threw her hands up in mock confusion, surveying the snow-encrusted pines.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The area around present-day Shangri-La began to grow rich as Drolma’s family and other ethnic Tibetans jumped into harvesting the mushrooms, which grow naturally on the oaks and pines of the Eastern Himalayas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Once we made it over the creek and ran through the pines, Vonetta was galloping to the house looking for Miss Trotter.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

But there’s one confection I’ve pined for, one tied to the memory of my mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

And you can expect more such details to surface as we finally get the Succession epilogue its fans have pined for, with a Tom Wambsgans type in charge.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

Yet, there is one thing that Manilow has always pined for and now inspires some irrational fears: a Broadway show.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

Latino representation is something long pined for in South Los Angeles, the historical heart of Black L.A. that is now nearly two-thirds Latino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

He pined away, leaning perpetually over the pool, fixed in one long gaze.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Before many learned Walter might be interested in selling the team quickly, Kushner and Iger, already pining for an NBA franchise, jumped at the opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The lack of a son’s POV makes Boy Mom pining both performative and disturbingly real.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

Speaking to the BBC from New York, Baranski said she had been pining to return to her theatre roots for some time.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

The boys were ready, were proud to be able to help out the U.S. of A. and whatnot, although the chubby girlfriends and mothers admitted they’d be pining for their men.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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