as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the rabbit darted into the chaparral
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Black bears are the only species of bear found in Arizona, and they can be found in forests, chaparral and desert riparian areas.
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John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
West Coast/California California’s coastal sage scrub and mixed chaparral were a huge source of inspiration for us and can be found in different combinations from southern to northern California.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
One afternoon shortly after the vote, members of the splinter group gathered outside of San Francisco, hiking through the chaparrals of the San Bruno hills, and plotted what to do next.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
It's often found in urban and suburban areas, as well as desert and chaparral habitats throughout Arizona.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
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John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
West Coast/California California’s coastal sage scrub and mixed chaparral were a huge source of inspiration for us and can be found in different combinations from southern to northern California.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
One afternoon shortly after the vote, members of the splinter group gathered outside of San Francisco, hiking through the chaparrals of the San Bruno hills, and plotted what to do next.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
It's often found in urban and suburban areas, as well as desert and chaparral habitats throughout Arizona.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 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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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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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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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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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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In the Key of Ursa Minor Matthew Tierney Three fake plastic bushes per sill in the mall promenade.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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They will be buried together in their garden at home, among the kumquat tree and blueberry bushes, the white azaleas and roses, and the pollinator plants.Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Therapy can help kids put the brakes on the internal thoughts that lead to avoidance, plus teach them to communicate in healthier ways.Christin Perry, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
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This could tap the brakes on some aspects of the initiative while complicating American technology flow to India in areas, like AI, where his team is focused on enhancing U.S. competitive strengths, not co-innovation with foreign partners.Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Chaparral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaparral. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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