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wilderness

[wil-der-nis] / ˈwɪl dər nɪs /


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We went to Wall Street’s exclusive wilderness camp.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Thrust into the political wilderness the party's national leaders were bewildered - familiar with the trappings of federal power they had to work out what to do in opposition.

From BBC Aug. 20, 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

She led customers into remote wilderness while yaks hauled the baggage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

And I bought a house at the end of a road that terminated on the very edge of a wilderness that stretched for literally thousands of miles.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.

From MarketWatch May 14, 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

Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

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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