Example Sentences

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But they were helpless against years-long droughts and also are believed to have deforested vast tracts for agriculture.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

In Peru, police and soldiers patrolled from bases set up in the Amazon jungle to chase away thousands of illegal miners who have deforested the tropical forest in search of gold.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2019