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leas

noun

variants or leys

plural of lea

as in plains

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country across the lea rolls a lonely wagon

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as in pastures

open land over which livestock may roam and feed the cattle were free to range over the lea

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Through parts of the rainy season, Kio couldn’t be followed by the crew as the plains in the Maasai Mara became impassable.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Walking Laikipia After the stark beauty of Kenya’s far north, head south into Laikipia, where rolling plains teem with wildlife.

— Nicola Shepherd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026

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In the center, a small stream ox-bowed its way along while chasing the sun through alders and gone-to-seed pastures.

— Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
When his bees aren't busy pollinating crops, Bradshaw rents pastures from local farmers, particularly cattle ranchers, to host his hives while the bees rest and build up their food stores for winter.

— Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Definition of pastures

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Most don’t associate cryptocurrency with rural states such as South Dakota, with its Great Plains and drift prairies.

— K.H. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 6 Aug. 2026
Davis’s journey to San Jose began on his parents’ farm in Osage County, a land of hills, prairies and the Osage Nation.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

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The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026

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