brushier; brushiest
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Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
The race consists of five loops of around 20 miles each, for a total of between 100 to 130 miles through brushy mountains with an elevation gain of around 63,000 feet.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Reserve Capital Partners plans to convert the largely empty patch of brushy land into an industrial development.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
Where small farms bordered by brushy fence rows and hedge rows once stood, there are now large farms with little cover visible.
—Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
For some, the hanging shreds of velvet that covered their antlers becomes a sudden irritation, and as the velvet dries and peels away, bucks and bulls will assist the process by rubbing their antlers against brushy vegetation and small saplings.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
Twenty-nine days later, a search dog named Serenade prowling a brushy stretch of the Rouge River behind a nearbyAutoZone caught the smell of decay.
—Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
They’re seated behind a tabletop, a brushy plane of pale and mottled yellow that takes up almost half the picture.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Massachusetts Communities at Golden Pond (Hopkinton) September 2023 An 84-year-old resident spent two nights outside in a brushy area near the facility.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Adjective
These birds need brushy cover and seem to have a special affinity for honey mesquite in Arizona.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
The race consists of five loops of around 20 miles each, for a total of between 100 to 130 miles through brushy mountains with an elevation gain of around 63,000 feet.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Reserve Capital Partners plans to convert the largely empty patch of brushy land into an industrial development.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
Where small farms bordered by brushy fence rows and hedge rows once stood, there are now large farms with little cover visible.
—Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
For some, the hanging shreds of velvet that covered their antlers becomes a sudden irritation, and as the velvet dries and peels away, bucks and bulls will assist the process by rubbing their antlers against brushy vegetation and small saplings.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
Twenty-nine days later, a search dog named Serenade prowling a brushy stretch of the Rouge River behind a nearbyAutoZone caught the smell of decay.
—Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
They’re seated behind a tabletop, a brushy plane of pale and mottled yellow that takes up almost half the picture.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Massachusetts Communities at Golden Pond (Hopkinton) September 2023 An 84-year-old resident spent two nights outside in a brushy area near the facility.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
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“Brushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brushy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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