Pine Barrens
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
It’s like if Beckett had written the Pine Barrens episode of “The Sopranos.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
In New Jersey the state Forest Fire Service has mounted a Firewise USA campaign throughout the Pine Barrens and installed fire towers, which are staffed whenever the forest is dry enough to burn.
From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2023
His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022
The Pine Barrens mail wagon that connected with it was long overdue, with its transfer passengers, and the station had relapsed into listless expectation.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret
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