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Recent Examples of overgrow
Unless the shrub is overgrown for the site, very little pruning is needed.
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
Control weeds that are filling bare spots and overgrowing the good grass.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
Of the 3,000 vacant lots owned by the city, more than 90% are on the East Side, many of them overgrown with weeds and brambles.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
Lowenstein says there are several ways to control the number of slugs in your yard:
Reduce crowding in areas of your garden that might be overgrown or otherwise crowded, which will give the slugs less places to hide in.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
Control weeds that are filling bare spots and overgrowing the good grass.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
Of the 3,000 vacant lots owned by the city, more than 90% are on the East Side, many of them overgrown with weeds and brambles.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
Lowenstein says there are several ways to control the number of slugs in your yard:
Reduce crowding in areas of your garden that might be overgrown or otherwise crowded, which will give the slugs less places to hide in.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
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But the fact that the tool has already found a handful of infections at all speaks to how widely the use of spyware has proliferated around the world.Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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The joke conspiracy is meant to satirize the spread of misinformation by proliferating the false idea that the U.S. government wiped out birds and replaced the animals with drones to spy on Americans.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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With a median pickup, the risk shoots up from 11% to 91%.Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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GameStop — The meme stock shot up 8% after the video game retailer swung to an unexpected profit in the latest quarter.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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The statement-making material uses larger segments of colorful Italian marble, allowing for natural shapes and textures to thrive.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
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Organizations that successfully integrate these AI solutions while maintaining their focus on employee experience and workplace culture will be best positioned to thrive in this new era of HR technology.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The holiday season is meant to be a time of connection and generosity—a time when families and friends gather, traditions flourish, and memories are created.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The key to the culture of the future is built on collaboration, so that the promise of generative AI is allowed to flourish.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The satiety can be felt through the camera, its satisfaction with luxuriating in something so pure, so clean.Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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The camera luxuriates in centering her frame, often staring directly if not just slightly off from the lens — bucking photography guidelines in favor of something that fits the film’s dark humor.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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