wilderness
Example Sentences
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Sometimes hungry villagers walk for more than three hours into the wilderness before locating the trees.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Small-caps have been in the wilderness for over 15 years, points out Colas, DataTrek’s co-founder.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
But then, a little frustration at a cowardly lack of social etiquette is better than, say, a date abandoning you in the middle of a wilderness hike, i.e., the alpine divorce.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
He founded his nonprofit wilderness animal rescue organization, Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals, decades earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But even in that remote wilderness, there were signs of human activity.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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