Mother Nature
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Of course, having to rely on an invention rather than Mother Nature isn’t really what anyone wants.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
"It's unheard of, with a little uncertainty, but whether we like it or not, Mother Nature has to find her place," Mohamed Amar Mohamed told AFP in the village of Jimera de Libar on Wednesday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
His methods were shrewd—“Working with Mother Nature, instead of against her,” Bamberger liked to say—but also, when necessary, backed by staggering capital investments from the fortune he had amassed as a fast-food tycoon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Our wild imaginations and real-world confrontations with disaster, whether wrought by humans or Mother Nature, only solidify our more anxious interpretations of preparedness.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
Like Mother Nature has sucked up everything—all sounds, winds, human talk and cries.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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