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Recent Examples of underbrush
Burning such fires to reduce the load of underbrush that could feed wildfires can help reduce fire severity and protect nearby areas.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Frequent, natural fires can also help avoid catastrophic fires that occur when too much underbrush has built up for fuel.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Hot, arid winds blowing in from the Sierra Nevadas, White Mountains, and Klamath Basin strip whatever moisture there might be in the Los Angeles air, and that further dries out leaves and underbrush and other fuel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Bushwhacking through the underbrush to follow the shouts, the team finally located the woman, who was showing signs of hypothermia and dehydration.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Frequent, natural fires can also help avoid catastrophic fires that occur when too much underbrush has built up for fuel.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Hot, arid winds blowing in from the Sierra Nevadas, White Mountains, and Klamath Basin strip whatever moisture there might be in the Los Angeles air, and that further dries out leaves and underbrush and other fuel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Bushwhacking through the underbrush to follow the shouts, the team finally located the woman, who was showing signs of hypothermia and dehydration.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underbrush
Noun
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Wild horses have roamed the Galician mountains for centuries, playing a crucial role in fire prevention by curbing flammable undergrowth – but their numbers are dwindling as human development clashes with nature.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the scientists would later learn that Beryl, who moved attentively through the undergrowth with occasional pauses, responded the same way each time—by stepping forward.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Scientific American,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Fragonard Room — with its visual pandemonium of vegetation and clouds, like being inside a springtime version of a snow-globe — has always been one of the Frick’s signature attractions.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Texas has seen fire hazards range from the far northern Panhandle, where ground vegetation froze and dried out, and push hundreds of miles east to the coast.—
JIM VERTUNO,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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The most common plant diseases, like powdery mildew or botrytis, a fungal rot, appear on peony foliage and stems.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2025
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Fall foliage is full of beautiful earthy tones, while winter tends to be more muted or feature deep jewel tones.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Underbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underbrush. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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