nova scotian
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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So as I watched canary-yellow Canadian Super Scooper planes roar into Los Angeles to help douse the ungovernable firestorms threatening my home, my grieving Nova Scotian heart soared: reciprocity between old friends.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
Think “Ruthless” but skewed younger and set at a Nova Scotian lighthouse.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023
The Nova Scotian company raises Atlantic salmon in a process that attempts to mirror their life cycle in the wild.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
One experiment took them to the choppy Nova Scotian seas.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021
More important than even these excellent results is the fact that the modified program worked out by these Nova Scotian entomologists is not doing violence to nature’s balance.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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