virgin forest
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not long ago, this region had all been virgin forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Carpathians are a land of fog, fictional vampires and real-life wolves, as well as several thousand brown bears and roughly two-thirds of the remaining virgin forest in Europe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
Much of that was virgin forest, cut down by loggers and farmers who came after the road was built.
From BBC ● May 18, 2022
At current rates, the report added, the entire forest in Biolequin, a major reservoir of virgin forest, could “disappear in less than a decade.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2019
After that they had to make their way through the virgin forest as best they might.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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