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as in wild
existing without human habitation or cultivation
a dangerous and untamed land
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as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
tried to capture the untamed horse
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Recent Examples of untamed
There’s no single purpose to any event that gathers this many kinds of kinds in one untamed place.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 May 2026
Assateague Island National Seashore Maryland Wind, waves, and wild horses—there's a lot for families to love at Assateague Island National Seashore, a long stretch of beach where untamed horses roam free.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Pennsylvania Wilds From abundant wildlife and untamed mountain streams to the old growth trees of the Forest Cathedral and Pine Creek’s gaping Mid-Atlantic version of the grand canyon, there’s still plenty of wild in north-central Pennsylvania.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Everglades National Park Everglades City Experience Florida’s wild, untamed beauty at the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 May 2026
Assateague Island National Seashore Maryland Wind, waves, and wild horses—there's a lot for families to love at Assateague Island National Seashore, a long stretch of beach where untamed horses roam free.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Pennsylvania Wilds From abundant wildlife and untamed mountain streams to the old growth trees of the Forest Cathedral and Pine Creek’s gaping Mid-Atlantic version of the grand canyon, there’s still plenty of wild in north-central Pennsylvania.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Everglades National Park Everglades City Experience Florida’s wild, untamed beauty at the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untamed
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From branches above her is released a sudden shower of ash keys, which flutter downwards, whirring in circles, until their wild flight is put to a stop by meeting the water’s surface, where they are apprehended and whisked away downstream.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Keeping in that spirit, small inn-like touches, including breakfast and common spaces (with a pool deck to come in 2025), make this a welcome new gathering place for the area sandwiched between the center of town’s climbing roses and some of the island’s most popular, wild beaches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Managed and feral honey bees also played critical roles in pollinating crops brought over by European settlers, including apple and cherry trees and clover, which provided food for livestock and their communities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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In this Gallic Neverland, there’s not a safety helmet (or nervous parent) in sight, which admittedly adds to the film’s feral energy.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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Although the volcanic archipelago includes 137 islands, most of the Hawaiian islands are tiny uninhabited atolls, reefs or islets.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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That fire, spreading through brush in an uninhabited portion of Channel Islands National Park, was 0% contained Tuesday.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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This experience prioritizes the animals’ wellbeing by focusing on increasing the population, collecting data, and working with experts who have success in re-wilding.—
Jack Tydeman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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The film’s themes of creative frustration and unmet potential are fruitful and fascinating but are left undeveloped, and the movie is painfully short on psychology.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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The land includes forests and both developed and undeveloped mineral deposits.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Their twiggy legs and bony frames exposed in bathing suits, the kids do indeed look extra vulnerable within the film’s savage landscape.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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Sure, sci-fi can be bleak — there's no end to the cosmic horrors and savage alien races that game developers can conjure up — but that almost always comes as a result of humanity's success in space.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
24 May 2026
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From blazing stars and diminutive buttercups to uncultivated roses and sunflowers, the Midwest is blessed with many gorgeous native wildflowers.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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So began the journey to create a hideaway resort sensitive to the natural environment and a marine reserve with the aim to recover the coral reefs damaged by dynamite fishing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Whether bright red, jet black or a shade in between, natural hair color is determined by how much melanin is in your hair.—
Kathleen Felton,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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