Mother Nature
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“Mother Nature reigns supreme, both literally and figuratively.”
“I’ve learned a lot about what I might get,” she said, “but Mother Nature always has her monkey wrench in hand.”
From Los Angeles Times
In the midst of Belém’s COP30 bedlam, environmentalists, economists, lobbyists and diplomats busily haggle at the global climate conference about what we can and cannot get away with in negotiations over Mother Nature.
From Los Angeles Times
These are Mother Nature’s ordinary challenges.
The final entry in the logbook read: “After four score and three years, St. George Reef Light is dark. ... May Mother Nature show you mercy. You have been abandoned, but never will you be forgotten.”
From Los Angeles Times
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