in the wilderness

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in the wilderness

someone, especially a politician, who is in the wilderness, does not now have the power or influence that they had before He spent several years in the political wilderness after conservatives objected to his attempts to reform the police.

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Notwithstanding the unfortunate circumstances of our company, and our dangerous situation, as surrounded with hostile savages, our meeting so fortunately in the wilderness made us reciprocally sensible of the utmost satisfaction. Adventures Of Col. Daniel Boone by Filson, John View in context Her gentle and timid spirit sinks within her; and, turning away from the window, she sits down in the great chair and wonders whereabouts in the wilderness her friends will dig her grave. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context Although the settlement of this part of Otsego a little preceded the birth of the author, it was not sufficiently advanced to render it desirable that an event so important to himself should take place in the wilderness. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate			in the unlikely event that happens in the unlikely event that happens if in the usual course of things in the vicinity in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the wake of in the wake of In the Wake of Gods in the way in the way in the way in the way in the way of in the way of someone in the way of someone or something In the way with in the whole in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world In the Wild In the Wild in the wilderness in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box

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