as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the rabbit darted into the chaparral
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Recent Examples of chaparral
On the right, there is a slight parting and narrow unsigned path of some 50 yards through chaparral to the mountain summit of 1,762 feet, marked by a metal stake in a mound of stones.
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Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
The fire is burning in thick chaparral that flourished during the rainy season but has since dried out, providing prime conditions for a fast-moving wildfire.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
During the wee hours that night, a bobcat slipped from the chaparral and sat down next to Peackoe’s grave as if to say goodbye.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
The wide, gently undulating track is largely unshaded, passing through chaparral punctuated with agaves, cactus and spots of piñon pine and juniper.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
The fire is burning in thick chaparral that flourished during the rainy season but has since dried out, providing prime conditions for a fast-moving wildfire.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
During the wee hours that night, a bobcat slipped from the chaparral and sat down next to Peackoe’s grave as if to say goodbye.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
The wide, gently undulating track is largely unshaded, passing through chaparral punctuated with agaves, cactus and spots of piñon pine and juniper.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaparral
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Anagha Nair The rhythm of the harvest must go on for farmers on Lebanon’s ancient olive groves, despite the interruptions of bombs falling on all sides.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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The intimate property has 16 rooms and three suites, with grounds that include an olive grove and the Fiermonte Museum, with art from the family collection (an ancestor, Antonia Fiermonte, was a prominent artist and muse to sculptors René Letourneur and Jacques Zwobada).Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sitting in ancient Cumbria—the Lake District is a mighty UNESCO World Heritage Site drawing over 18 million visitors each year, home to the largest national park in England, covering over 880 square miles of terrain with towering mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The team is currently modeling at the level of the woodland stand, a unit of forest made up of a relatively uniform group of trees, to assess the optimal distance between trees.Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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The best part of the farm itself was a dirt track that led from the back of the house to the edge of the property to a creek that ran swiftly through a dense thicket of trees.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Gradually forests and bogs give way to more salt-tolerant thickets.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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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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The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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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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That effect was on display on Viejas Mountain, where winds whipped the peak’s western flank Tuesday morning, rattling bushes near the 4,187-foot summit.Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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In another assassination attempt in September, a gunman waited for hours for Trump to appear at his golf course in Florida, but a Secret Service agent thwarted the attack by spotting the firearm poking through some bushes.Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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This is your sign from the universe to do everything possible to hit the brakes on your spending and truly assess where all your cash is going.Kyle Thomas, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Last month, Stellantis announced a recall of about 207,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs in the U.S. to fix a computer problem that can disable the anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control safety features.CBS News, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Chaparral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaparral. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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