as in bush
a small group of trees
They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake.
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Recent Examples of grove
Sitting over a wild Aspen grove, the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home is configured of connected pods, offering privacy and serenity in each bedroom and communal living space.
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
In 2021, roughly a thousand homes burned near Boulder, Colo.
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And from the boreal forests of Canada to the redwood groves of Oregon, large fires have been incinerating vast areas of wilderness.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Or, visit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has a grove of about 25 tall toyon in its native plant garden.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Around the world, millions of acres of orange trees have succumbed, and in the past 20 years, production in Florida’s storied orange groves, which once supplied the majority of America’s juice, has declined 92 percent.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
In 2021, roughly a thousand homes burned near Boulder, Colo.
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And from the boreal forests of Canada to the redwood groves of Oregon, large fires have been incinerating vast areas of wilderness.
—David Gelles, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Or, visit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has a grove of about 25 tall toyon in its native plant garden.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Around the world, millions of acres of orange trees have succumbed, and in the past 20 years, production in Florida’s storied orange groves, which once supplied the majority of America’s juice, has declined 92 percent.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grove
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Orange County Fire Authority firefighters saved a woman and man from the San Juan Creek in San Juan Capistrano, California after receiving reports at 1:42 a.m. that they were trapped in the water, holding onto trees and bushes, the fire department shared in a social media statement.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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These bushes stay green year-round despite getting almost no summer rainfall.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fairweather thinks that Texas could invest more in preventing fires, by managing forests and mandating fire resiliency in building codes and infrastructure like utilities, as well as increase funding and effectiveness of fire departments.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The whole sequence was shot in the forest with John Turturro on a day that just happened to be extremely foggy.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Nate also says his list is highly speculative and hedges his bet on Grand Theft Auto 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, and the EA games.—
Joe Hindy,
PCMAG,
17 Jan. 2025
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The house is set back from the street, behind a front lawn framed by hedges.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Alcohol industry leaders would rather let the old guidance stand.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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As part of that work, all player facilities, including both dressing rooms and the tunnel, will also move across to the new construction from their current home in the cramped main stand.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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With estuaries full of reptiles, swooping egrets, and thick tangles of mangroves decorated in Cajun hibiscus, this is wild Louisiana.—
Jenny Adams,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sliced thinly, the central ingredients create a towering tangle of crunch.—
Kendra Vaculin,
Bon Appétit,
11 Feb. 2025
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Stepping through the thicket is like being transported to another world — light shafts penetrate the canopy as the vegetation encloses you into beautiful woodland.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Insiders claimed to the Daily Mail that Andrew’s 30-room mansion is surrounded by shrubbery and woodland, as the flowers that once bloomed are nowhere to be seen.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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With the help and encouragement of his good friend and fellow hunter Joey Franklin, Yoder scouted the small woodlot on his grandmother’s farm.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
18 Dec. 2024
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Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2024
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grove. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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