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as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar
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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England
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as in to fasten
to put securely in place or in a desired position
moored the boat to the dock
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Recent Examples of moor
Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
Published by Emily Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, the classic novel is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Photos taken by the U.S. Navy and by a local photographer confirmed that the two flat-tops were the Ronald Reagan and the Nimitz.
USS Theodore Roosevelt: San Diego, California
There was one aircraft carrier moored at North Island as of Thursday, according to available satellite imagery.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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David Naughton stars as David Kessler, a US graduate student who treks across the Yorkshire moors with his best friend Jack (Griffin Dunne), only to be attacked by a mysterious creature.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
Published by Emily Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, the classic novel is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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World Cup winners Pepe Reina and Raphael Varane have moored up their Riva speedboats at the Sinigaglia along with Alberto Moreno, which should make Como’s build-up and possession game tidier and more Spanish than last season.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Photos taken by the U.S. Navy and by a local photographer confirmed that the two flat-tops were the Ronald Reagan and the Nimitz.
USS Theodore Roosevelt: San Diego, California
There was one aircraft carrier moored at North Island as of Thursday, according to available satellite imagery.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Shh—hear the mountains murmur? Peripatetic prairies slowly creep across the globe.Daniel Galef, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Medaka–aka the Japanese rice fish–are only about 1.4 inches long and can be found in rice paddies, ponds, marshes, quiet streams, and tide pools in Japan.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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This popular park is known for its diverse landscapes, from bald cypress swamps and maritime forests to tidal marshes.AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
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The set comes with pre-cut vegetables and fruit that fasten together in the middle with Velcro, allowing kids to slice to their hearts' content.Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 23 Dec. 2024
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In preparation for battle on a cold, dark planet, the shield must be donned — but who says it can’t be gracefully fastened with a bow?Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Born 43 years ago in the high steppes of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia—a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Russian border—the Chinese bass Peixin Chen sings in primordial tones that set the whole hall and the listener’s rib cage humming.airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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The footprints took the deputies through a field, a wooded area and then to the edge of a swamp.David Chiu, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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And this is the conundrum that every would be drainer of swamps must face.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Candidates find themselves in a precarious position, balancing the desire to secure fair compensation against the fear of jeopardizing the opportunity.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Luna also announced the deployment of 400 National Guard troops to aid in securing evacuation zones and deterring further looting, with more reinforcements expected.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Half of Brooklyn is on an outwash plain—Prospect Park to Coney Island.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Brownfield to wetlands: Pima county officials plan green future for contaminated facility Finally, John Leos visited Tucson to meet with some of the folks who are trying to clean-up a wastewater treatment plant that, for years, filled surrounding areas with a pretty rank odor.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Moor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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