wild
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Many of the large wild herbivores that once shaped its landscapes have disappeared, and traditional grazing practices have also declined.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Before 2016 pandas were considered endangered but are now listed as "vulnerable" by wildlife advocates, and an estimated 1,800 pandas live in the wild.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Before you check your portfolio, read Jason’s take on how to keep these wild swings from hijacking your financial future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Lions handed the Vikings their first loss and Jahmyr Gibbs ran wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
He catches my attention because he’s not shouting in anger or acting wild like the rest of his crew.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The roles turned out wilder and more varied than he might have expected but his seriousness and sense of fun never faded, pushing boundaries and himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Regulators are in a permissive phase, and that could be a bonanza for fund companies cooking up ever wilder ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
America had its latchkey generation and, along with that, a growing sense that the world is a dangerous place, especially its wilder parts.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Mission Wild is about accepting that challenge and setting out to achieve a wilder Gloucestershire, with benefits for people, communities and nature," McLaughlin added.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
And when those footsteps left the path for wilder terrain, he followed still.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Six months ago, my wildest dreams consisted entirely of paying off my credit card debt and eating beef once in a while; I am very familiar with the seething rage such articles provoke.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Elon Musk said Tesla’s wildest car ever would enter production in 2028, but key details are MIA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
I had never dreamed in my wildest dreams that someday I would march in a band playing my silver horn, wearing a spring parka trimmed with wolverine fur, and welcome racers of the famous Iditarod.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Or is there space still wilded enough for fleeting magic in suburban sprawl?
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
"Hollywood is on time out. I'm just going to put that right to the camera. Hollywood is wilding right now."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
Like a pack of wilding drunks, they’re destroying habitats, contaminating water with their wallowing and feces, eroding topsoil and generally making a mess of things.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
For the Bene Gesserit, a religious order of women who influence history from the shadows, the color was a chorus of wilding female voices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
NP: Do you ever think about just wilding out on Twitter to compete with Elon directly?
From The Verge ● Jan. 25, 2022
They were still wilding and messing with people and putting out squad tracts.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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