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[pahyn] / paɪn /


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The fire has moved quickly through the region’s sprawling pine forests, forcing more than 220,000 residents and vacationers to evacuate at the height of the tourist season.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The vineyards, which are mainly located to the east of Bordeaux, were largely spared by the fire, which is mainly burning through pine forests.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

"The flames were higher than full-size forest pine trees, so five or six storeys high, and it was clear this was a fire that was out of control at that point."

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Skies over Le Porge turned orange as smoke rose from charred and crackling pine trees, while helicopters made repeated runs over deserted neighbourhoods.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

The pine twigs and straw burst into flames that licked the dry, weathered boards.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

"We're dealing with a very dense stand of closely packed pines," firefighter Captain Wilfried Schneider told AFP, describing a fire of "rare" intensity.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Rich Klaben, a dealer with Ford and Jeep-Ram stores in Kent, Ohio, pines for the smaller Ford Ranger that his family dealership used to sell in droves in the 1980s and 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

From the pontoon, she pointed out the marshy shore and sea of pines at stake.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

It’s believed the island’s Torrey pines are largely intact and much of the campground survived.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

We strolled through fields of wild wheat and from there into the skirt of pines at the mountain base.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

He pined for more: “I’d be micro-editing PowerPoint presentations and thinking, ‘What am I doing with my life?’”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

"Please tell me she's real," pined one on Threads.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

That’s something Latino residents have long pined for, to join the seats held by Imelda Padilla and Monica Rodriguez.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2024

Mr. Butzel told The New York Times in 2000 that as a lawyer’s son he “felt obligated to be a lawyer, but it was nothing I pined to do.”

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2024

We’d sung along with any group or singer who joined us through speakers as the bass boomed low and the treble pined high.

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

“I wanted her to let Marty have his thing. Deborah wasn’t pining for Marty. She wasn’t hoping it was her at the altar. She was there to support her friend and his choice.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Noah quit the Washington Post to start a politics web site, while still pining for Chaya, who worked in the Obama administration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Their plight at the hugely unpopular and vast former athletics track is well documented, with fans pining for Upton Park's intimidating atmosphere.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

But her ghost was always wandering about the woods, gazing over Hailsham, pining to be let back in.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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