as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Gil West, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
At four thirty, pink streaks the sky, like the time mama stepped on the brakes too fast at an intersection and the tires scraped the road black.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Climbing into the hills of Emilia-Romagna, the Miura SV reveals a balance of speed, body control, and braking ability that feel well-matched.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
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Noun
Lots of horsepower and no brakes.
—Gil West, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
At four thirty, pink streaks the sky, like the time mama stepped on the brakes too fast at an intersection and the tires scraped the road black.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Verb
Karpathy left Tesla in 2022, and the company still doesn’t sell a vehicle that’s safe to use without a human driver ready to steer or brake at all times.
—Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Climbing into the hills of Emilia-Romagna, the Miura SV reveals a balance of speed, body control, and braking ability that feel well-matched.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
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The rolling landscape, nestled between a nature preserve and a cattle ranch, had silvery groves of ancient olive trees, a meandering creek, and a network of antique aqueducts snaking through the fields.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Mourners followed Qassem to the family’s home, down a narrow path near an olive grove lined with yellow wildflowers.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Fiber slows the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, while LAB can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce glucose absorption.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
28 May 2026
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If enacted without being offset by other tax cuts or new spending, such measures could slow the debt-to-GDP climb and would likely benefit Treasuries.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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Located just outside the center of town, the property sits on the edge of a hillside, overlooking the surrounding bush, and there’s a busy waterhole that regularly attracts elephant, buffalo, warthog and kudu.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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There looks like small Spanish moss sprouting on one of our bushes.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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The federal government manages 57% of all forests in the state.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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There are courts for padel, pickleball, ping-pong, and tennis, and plenty of trails for ATV forest drives and guided sound-of-nature tours.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026
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Designed by London studio Interiors With Art, the aesthetic leans into understated Art Deco touches; sycamore wood panelling, Murano glass lighting, brushed gold accents, and a palette inspired by nearby Hyde Park in autumn.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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The teak wood lid doubles as a seat, with a weather-resistant cushion that stays in place with magnets.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
26 May 2026
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Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Readers also can tell with a glance whether the risk of wildfires is rising or falling, data that is of special interest to people who live in areas close to highly flammable chaparral.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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For the bluebuck, the company is partnering with the nonprofit Advanced Conservation Strategies to navigate regulatory thickets in potential host countries where the animals could live on wild land with the proper vegetation and climate, in herds large enough to be genetically viable.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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This tree is notorious for being highly invasive, often cross-pollinating with other pear varieties, resulting in dense, thorny thickets that disrupt local ecosystems.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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