underbrush

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Recent Examples of underbrush So, that day in May 2013, Hendricks, who grew up in Baltimore and teaches at Towson University, was surprised to see one. Surprised even more that the bobcat, after locking eyes for a moment with Hendricks, did not scamper into the underbrush. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024 Dens can be a steep bank, rock crevices, sinkholes or underbrush, according to the Forest Service. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 At dawn, the participants scraped the underbrush to remove all traces of their presence. Will Higginbotham Marlena Sloss, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024 Many scents stick out in my mind and are part of my life, such as my childhood garden in Normandy and the Corsican underbrush, which gave me my first olfactory shock. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for underbrush 
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Noun
  • The gold standard among academic histories of Texas, Campbell's survey slashes through the undergrowth of the state's myths like so much ranchland brush.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Here, behind dense undergrowth—is this the island’s oldest building?
    Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to removing the fence, the plan will result in removal of tanks, troughs and pipelines installed in 2021 during the drought; removal of 12 vegetation monitoring plots; and the installation of a low fence designed to prevent cattle from entering the Tomales Point area.
    Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Plus, clients love peeping the foliage behind her during video appointments.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Its golden dial, reminiscent of the warm, enveloping hues found in autumn foliage, adds character to the watch, which appears to radiate with a light of its own.
    Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Underbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underbrush. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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