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Dales

1

/ deɪlz /

plural noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) short for the Yorkshire Dales

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Dales

2

/ deɪlz /

noun

  1. a strong working breed of pony, originating from Yorkshire and Durham

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Raised in Yorkshire, in the north of England, I’d gone from a bay-window view of the Derbyshire Dales to a balcony view of the Bay of Bengal and I missed my old bedroom, my classmates, my pair of Syrian hamsters.

Snow settles on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales, as the UK experiences its first arctic blast of the winter.

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A photographer who captured a comet in the night sky above the Yorkshire Dales said he spent weeks waiting for the perfect moment for the shot.

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In a small factory, nestled in the Yorkshire Dales, huge plastic barrels of white powder are stacked up next to giant whirring machines.

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Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Capital Economics chief economist Paul Dales said the chancellor would "love tax receipts to be higher" but that it would depend on faster growth in the economy.

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