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
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Most motor inspections look over the brake system, body and chassis, defrost, electrical system, exhaust system, fuel system, glass and mirrors, horn, lighting system, odometer, steering, suspension, tires, and windshield wipers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Gary Stoller, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
As for braking or deceleration, the sidecar will brake alongside the bike's wheel per Honda's design.
—New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2024
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Those stripes come with white borders, meant to evoke the pinstripes on the nine-spoke, turbine-style Vortex Generating Rims, which were designed to increase downforce and improve brake cooling.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Most motor inspections look over the brake system, body and chassis, defrost, electrical system, exhaust system, fuel system, glass and mirrors, horn, lighting system, odometer, steering, suspension, tires, and windshield wipers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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If a collision with a deer cannot be avoided, do not swerve the vehicle, and minimize the impact by braking firmly, AAA advises.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
As for braking or deceleration, the sidecar will brake alongside the bike's wheel per Honda's design.
—New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2024
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Woodlots offered concealment from surveillance and attack, and the dirt surrounding this grove was scuffed by foot trails, suggesting Russian arrivals by night.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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California’s agricultural heartlands are often eclipsed by their snazzier coastal counterparts, but pause to consider a trip to the Central Valley, home to some of America’s finest farmland—and in particular, almond groves.Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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The country’s factory activity has been expanding for the past three months, although the pace of expansion slowed in December.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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But, when subscriber growth slowed, HERC’s operating costs remained high.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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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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Programs include a trivia night, a meet and greet with the two mascots and forest management hikes.Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Newsom has faced criticism for cutting the state's funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million last year, while overall increasing the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's wildfire protection budget.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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But in this part of the semi-arid chaparral called Los Angeles, fire season can now be any time.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn’t seen rain for eight months.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Traveling there is like flooring it through a thicket of life-threatening risks: Jets, drones and artillery can quickly annihilate an armored vehicle.Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Any new leadership will inherit not just a broken state but also a thicket of challenges that defy simple solutions.Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
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This will be the year of the wood snake, or the cyan-colored snake, which meant brands were at liberty to explore colors other than the auspicious red.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
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Using shingles, or small wood pieces installed in an overlapping rhythm, was a less costly and easier-to-maintain option than clapboard and other cladding options of the time.Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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