as in steppe
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie
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Temporary route closure due to nesting falcons is typical each spring in order to protect nesting prairie and peregrine falcons.
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
America’s 26th president also inspired the region’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which safeguards his modest log cabin and a pristine slice of the northern mixed grass prairie and many of the species Roosevelt would have encountered, including bison, prairie dogs and wild horses.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
The cheerful flowers look lovely massed in perennial beds and are perfect for naturalizing into meadows and prairie plantings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
Its vast prairies, badlands, and river valleys are home to bison, wild horses, and prairie dogs.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
America’s 26th president also inspired the region’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which safeguards his modest log cabin and a pristine slice of the northern mixed grass prairie and many of the species Roosevelt would have encountered, including bison, prairie dogs and wild horses.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
The cheerful flowers look lovely massed in perennial beds and are perfect for naturalizing into meadows and prairie plantings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
Its vast prairies, badlands, and river valleys are home to bison, wild horses, and prairie dogs.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Once the animals were a crucial piece of the ecosystem in the steppes of Central Asia.Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 July 2024
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Experts believe that the culture responsible for the burial would have been closely related to the Scythians, a group of nomadic tribes who lived in the Eurasian steppe in antiquity, given the elaborate horse sacrifices found at the tomb.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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He was born on the plains of North Dakota, growing up in the cities of Wimbledon, Kensal and Jamestown North.Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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How do the elements that come from the disparate landscapes of the Veneto—the plains, the waterways, the lagoons—make their way to the market?Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
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The World Resources Institute noted that 1.7 gallons of corn ethanol are required to make 1 gallon of sustainable aviation fuel — necessitating corn acreage expansion that could jeopardize forests and grasslands.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since then, the mammals, who are highly adaptable and can live in towns and cities as well as forests and grasslands, have bred swiftly.Jack Guy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
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Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
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Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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At this National Natural Landmark and a National Historic District, visitors will encounter a wide range of ecosystems including a deciduous forest, an oak savanna, a prairie and wetlands.Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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The world's largest dam removal project to date was complete, and about 500 people came to a meadow about 10 miles south of the Klamath last month to celebrate and to look forward to the next phase of restoring an entire basin the size of West Virginia.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Floor-to-ceiling windows open up to meadows filled with wildflowers swaying in the breeze, creating the perfect backdrop for the first meal of the day.Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
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The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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