wilderness
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That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Mr. Moore laments that, because of such thinking, the comeback of the Eastern wilderness may be reversed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Ivan Toney, who has spent almost a year in the international wilderness and now plays his club football in Saudi Arabia, has also not given up hope of making the squad.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
"As a crime viewer, I've had enough of troubled, grizzled detectives in the wilderness battling their demons," he said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
White found himself wandering through a wilderness of mirrors—his work more akin to espionage than to criminal investigation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
List 7
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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