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Adjective
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Practical Information The drive, which is surrounded by wilderness, is even more untamed in the winter.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026 -
What unites these journeys is access to remote landscapes, rare wildlife and a region that still feels profoundly untamed.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Many Texas ranchers are also worried about the threat to wildlife such as deer and feral hogs, which can fuel revenue streams through hunting leases.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The family’s oldest child was once forced to watch her cat be mauled to death by feral dogs after she was caught taking food out of the pantry without permission.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Jamian Juliano-Villani—whose civilian alter ego is that of a thirty-nine-year-old wild-child blue-chip airbrush artist of freaky, funny, referential mashups (Elvis, SpaghettiOs, Kissinger), and whose paintings are in the collections of the Whitney and the Guggenheim—has a solid one.—
Emma Allen,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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And from that fire has emerged a versatile forward with wild upside on both ends of the floor, an unlikely candidate to play a steady role on a veteran team with deep playoff aspirations.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Today Iranians are mourning thousands of their fellow citizens who were massacred during savage crackdowns on recent protests in Iran.—
Ramin Jahanbegloo,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Sons of Anarchy was praised for its stellar writing, operatic plotting, and cast of actors who breathed vivid life into their characters, giving even the most savage moments a dose of humanity.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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The dogs that do survive outdoors in Redland later reproduce, which means scores of loose, untrained, undomesticated dogs.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Game Meat Creatine: Exact amount undetermined, but likely similar to red meat Wild game meat is any meat that is undomesticated instead of farm-raised.12 Venison (deer or elk), bison, rabbit, and wild boar are commonly consumed game meats.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Wildish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildish. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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