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as in plains
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar
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as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England
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as in fastens
to put securely in place or in a desired position
moored the boat to the dock
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Recent Examples of moors
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
In the book, the trope is introduced when Lockwood sleeps in Catherine’s childhood bed and is visited by her girl-ghost wandering the moors, demanding to be let in.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
This is an album of top-drawer moors-core.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Think of Cathy wandering the moors in Wuthering Heights, or Kate Sharma from Bridgerton riding her horse in the rain, before [redacted].
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 10 Feb. 2026
In total, 18,000 screens around the world will be showing Elordi’s Heathcliff and Robbie’s Cathy going kissy-kissy in the West Yorkshire moors (the pic was shot in the Yorkshire Dales).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
The film, based on Brontë’s 1847 book, is set on the windswept moors of West Yorkshire and tells the story of Catherine Earnshaw (Robbie) and her turbulent relationship with the dashing Heathcliff (Elordi).
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
But in the sleek new Emerald Fennell spin, one of the first troubled incels ever put to paper is walking a lot taller over those moors.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
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Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel already established a Gothic world in which the trauma is as loud as the wind on the moors, and Emerald Fennell’s adaptation excises major portions of the book to streamline that atmospheric darkness and ultimate tragedy.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
In the book, the trope is introduced when Lockwood sleeps in Catherine’s childhood bed and is visited by her girl-ghost wandering the moors, demanding to be let in.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
This is an album of top-drawer moors-core.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Think of Cathy wandering the moors in Wuthering Heights, or Kate Sharma from Bridgerton riding her horse in the rain, before [redacted].
—Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 10 Feb. 2026
In total, 18,000 screens around the world will be showing Elordi’s Heathcliff and Robbie’s Cathy going kissy-kissy in the West Yorkshire moors (the pic was shot in the Yorkshire Dales).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
The film, based on Brontë’s 1847 book, is set on the windswept moors of West Yorkshire and tells the story of Catherine Earnshaw (Robbie) and her turbulent relationship with the dashing Heathcliff (Elordi).
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
But in the sleek new Emerald Fennell spin, one of the first troubled incels ever put to paper is walking a lot taller over those moors.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moors
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Whether your preferred landscape is mountains, deserts, forests, plains, or coastal views, there’s a spring road trip in the United States for you.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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They are now found on the coastal plains of Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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An industrial landscape gives way to vast marshes spliced by curving waterways.—
Kara Newman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens In the coastal marshes of North Carolina, in a fictional town called Barkley Cove, lives Kya Clark.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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Aquazzura’s signature swirling ankle strap curves upward from the sides of the shoe and fastens the 105mm heel with a slim buckle.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
16 Dec. 2025
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Brenna Hernandez European buckthorn grows in sun and shade alike, and thus can invade all kinds of biomes — woodlands , savannas, prairies, pastures, and even empty lots, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources noted.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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It is often found in heavily disturbed sites, such as roadsides, gravel pits and the edges of agricultural fields, but it can also be found in undisturbed dunes, dry prairies, oak and pine woodlands and rangeland.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the Sentinel-2 satellites' orbital view, Doñana's wetlands appear as shifting patches of dark blue and violet, signatures of shallow water spread across the park's floodplain.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the years, the city built wetlands as part of a stormwater management facility and eventually a future park.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jackson also secures the release of 48 Cuban and Cuban American prisoners in Cuba and brings them back to the United States — most of the Americans released had been jailed on drug-trafficking charges.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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This comes with a two-year warranty and secures priority delivery.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Even today, its influence stretches from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the far reaches of low Earth orbit.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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But otherwise, the kids were free to roam around Iron River, playing football in their front yard and basketball on the playground, or cutting through woods and swamps.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Much of that wildlife is concentrated within Corcovado National Park, 163-plus-square-miles of tropical forest, mangrove swamps, and beaches.—
Laura Kiniry,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Moors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moors. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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