Pyrenees
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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To better understand why some populations recover while others continue to collapse, researchers studied common midwife toads living around four lakes in the Pyrenees of France and Spain that had all experienced severe Bd outbreaks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
On Monday over 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the foothills of the French Pyrenees.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
In France, officials announced that Monday's third stage of the Tour de France cycling race through the Pyrenees would take place without spectators who normally line the routes of the storied competition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Sánchez irritated European allies last year by saying Russian troops were unlikely to reach the Pyrenees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Picasso got out of Paris every summer, and this time he’d rented a house in the Pyrenees, the mountain range between France and Spain.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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