wilderness
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The east side of the fire — located in dense wilderness — is most active and firefighters are trying to find safe ways to get it under control, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Bill Clinton won the presidency 34 years ago, Democrats had been in the presidential wilderness for 12 years.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fairfax, who owns some five million acres, is worried about the fate of his assets in the wilderness known as the Ohio Territory, which both French Canadians and indigenous tribes are threatening to seize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
These effects are most often studied in large wilderness regions, particularly in well-known examples involving wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
North America in 1492 was not a virgin wilderness.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
He came out of Africa and had spent years in the wildernesses of the East and the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
AppLovin has an ad platform that facilitates ads surrounding mobile apps, especially games, one of the last untamed wildernesses of digital advertising.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
For Ally Turner and her friend Glynis Mattheisen, it took a three day trek through one of Scotland's last great wildernesses to reach Britain's remotest pub.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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