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- The Everglades.
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- proper noun The
Everglades .
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Examples
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Though a survey of Glades residents preferred the name "Glades Regional Medical Center" for the new 70-bed hospital, most commissioners said they were against using the term Glades again.
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In the 1940s archaeologist John M. Goggin gave the name Glades culture to the post-500 B.C. archaeological remains unearthed in Dade County.
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The region where we now find ourselves among these mountain-tops is known as the Glades -- a range of elevated plateaux marked with all the signs of a high latitude, but flat enough to be spread with occasional patches of discouraged farms.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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From Altamont to Cranberry Summit, where the descent begins, there is a comparatively level country, called the Glades, which are beautiful natural meadows undulating and well cultivated, with high ranges of mountains, generally at no great distance from the road, but varying a good deal in this respect, so as sometimes to leave a considerable plain between it and the range.
First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Isabella Strange Trotter 1847
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These, with the sweep of what is now the "Glades," furnished abundant pasturage for neighboring cattle and brought the Hingham settlers quickly to Cohasset meadows.
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery
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As for the "Glades," it is kept by Mr. Dailey in the grand old Southern style, and the visitor, very likely for the first time in his life, feels that he is _at home_.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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I contemplated a pilgrimage to the "Glades," a portion of
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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I contemplated a pilgrimage to the "Glades," a portion of Pennsylvania where it was said to grow to perfection.
Excursions Henry David Thoreau 1839
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VIDEO: The Glades' Matt Passmore: There are a lot of obstacles between Jim and Callie
The Glades Exclusive Video: Can Old Flames Work Together? 2011
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