Moors
- plural of Moor.
- present tense form of moor (3rd person singular).
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We had Fylingdales up in the North York Moors last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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 2012, he was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished coverage in Latin America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
In the West, much of green cardamom’s popularity is concentrated in Scandinavia, where the spice is believed to have been introduced either by the Vikings or the Moors in the eighth century, Dunn states.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
At the highest point in Tarifa there is an old fort, built by the Moors.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
While driving around Hebden Bridge and towns surrounding nearby Halifax, I more than once imagined I was Catherine Cawood and marveled at Wainwright’s loyalty to this land, its cities, towns, farms and moors.
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
The air of the moors, the freedom of home, the dawn of prosperity, acted on Diana and Mary’s spirits like some life-giving elixir: they were gay from morning till noon, and from noon till night.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
