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Moors

  • plural
    of Moor.
    moor
    noun
    a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
moors
  • present tense form
    of moor (3rd person singular).
    moor
    noun
    a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.

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Efforts to "rebuild the community" were continuing one year on from the North York Moors fire, she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The polyamorous community is bigger than many realize, said Amy C. Moors, an assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University who has researched the demographics of polyamorous people and discrimination against such relationships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

In Spain, fritter-like buñuelos showed up with the Moors, and by some reports, churros were a Chinese idea that was later dragged through molten chocolate by hungry Madrileños or wandering shepherds or both.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

In 2012, he was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished coverage in Latin America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

‘But what about these Tree-men, these giants, as you might call them? They do say that one bigger than a tree was seen up away beyond the North Moors not long back.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

After growing up in wild isolation on the moors, they published groundbreaking novels under androgynous pseudonyms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

In my teens, I discovered the wild moors and ancient halls of “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Instead, the experimental units can be plants, plots of land, fields, moors, forests, or oceans.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

Two days before my scheduled departure there was a heavy fall of snow, giving to the barren moors the look of Antarctic mountains.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson