wilderness
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Expectations were insanely high for this show — Bieber’s first large-scale concert after a few years he spent in the pop-star wilderness recovering from various health ailments of both the physical and mental variety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
W National Park and two adjacent ones, Pendjari and Arly, are the largest protected wilderness areas in West Africa, covering 1.7 million hectares.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The stock spent years in the wilderness afterward, falling to as low as $1.50 in July 2022 from a 2017 closing high of $99.61.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Do you picture it as an untouched, green wilderness with a small scattered population of primitive people, or with no people at all?
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing wilderness
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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