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pine

[pahyn] / paɪn /


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There are also hopes pine marten, beavers and ancient breeds of cattle could become common sights.

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

Here, Moore shows reverence not only for her own craft, but for all the hopeful idealists who pine to know what it feels like to lose yourself in someone, or something, else.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

A pine table about four feet square sat in the middle of that platform, surrounded by five or six chairs.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

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

Maurin didn’t have insurance for his pines, having tried to hedge his risk over the years by purchasing plots in different parts of the forest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

He stands over you like this little mountain, and he’s got this dark beardy shrubbery all around the peak, and arms like pines, and legs like oaks, and feet the size of small lakes.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

And during their down years, Knicks die-hards pined for LeBron James or Kevin Durant to ride in to the rescue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

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

Several residents still pined for a separate state, leading India’s Parliament to establish Sikh- and Hindu-dominated states in the north, respectively recognized as Punjab and Haryana, by 1966.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023

Or maybe we are stupid in the exact same way as every other idiot mortal who’s pined away for another bite of goblin fruit.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

At that point, Lightbody was pining for a woman who'd rejected his advances.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

She’s a poet, and I think she really understands girlhood — the pining and the wanting to be accepted — and she does it in such a beautiful and majestic way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The poor creatures perched on the bottom barely moving, obviously pining away for flight.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd


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