Pyrenees
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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They were on holiday in the Pyrenees when they learned their house was gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
I hit the trail in late April, where I quickly learned “walking across Spain” begins with walking up the Pyrenees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
More than 10,000 people have been ordered to leave more than a dozen small towns and villages in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, near the border with Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
In the Pyrenees and the Alps, entire villages would essentially hibernate from the time of the first snow in November until March or April.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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