pinyon
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is high desert; ocotillos, scrubby junipers and sagebrush bushes dot the earth between the pinyon pines that give her unincorporated community its name.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Researchers have said that understanding the bird’s needs and effects on its habitats will be fundamental to managing Western environments to ensure pinyon jay colonies can be protected.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
As a teenager, he’d drive from his family’s cattle ranch, down a sagebrush steppe dotted with juniper and pinyon and into town for a night of dancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Firefighters fled the 750-foot-high fire front — as tall as a 53-floor building — as it chewed through pine, pinyon and juniper dried by a record-hot spring.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
The cougar was at last located by the hounds in a large pinyon on the side of a hill.
From American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward Stratemeyer
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