as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 June 2026
There’s no chance of hitting the brakes.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
And for the first time this season, the cars wrecked completely flat-out; with no long straights and plenty of braking zones, the cars were not energy-limited for once this season.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
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Noun
The two drivers had been swerving between lanes and brake-checking each other before the confrontation, police said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 June 2026
There’s no chance of hitting the brakes.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Verb
The driver of a Ford Escape steered to the right and braked hard but was unable to avoid a collision with the Kia in the right shoulder and right lane area of the highway, according to the warrant affidavit.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
And for the first time this season, the cars wrecked completely flat-out; with no long straights and plenty of braking zones, the cars were not energy-limited for once this season.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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A little over a month later, another spell of freezing weather bullied its way into Central Florida and slammed the remaining citrus groves that had just started to recover.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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The National Museum of Korea is a short walk from my home, set among bamboo groves and pagodas.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
11 June 2026
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Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Not yet aware of her injury, Simms slowed and asked a man on the side of the road if her tires were still in good shape.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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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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There’s a mahogany bar overlooking the open bush, outdoor canvas baths and a sense of old-world glamour that feels like it might have been lifted straight from a Hollywood movie.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Friday by university staff in some bushes inside of the West Circle near Oxford Street.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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Head west to Palos forest preserves, where the Outerbelt is part of a mix of paved and unpaved trails that weave west and north among woods, ponds, and hills.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
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Despite gains in keeping forest standing, however, many other threats, ranging from climate change to potential legislation on the horizon, are putting the forest at risk.—
Gabriela Sa Pessoa,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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The interiors of all accommodations—minus the campsite—favor blonde wood and linens that feel wonderfully lived in.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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Both types of drums are traditionally large, made with wood and cowhide skins that are sometimes tacked onto the body with metal studs, rings or rope.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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But a quick peek at the Trailforks app revealed this gem of a ride, an 8-mile loop climbing through grassland and chaparral, past a reservoir, over Conn Peak and back down Whiskey Ridge, with enough singletrack and elevation change to earn it.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Tony Kushner's screenplay turns the thickets of policymaking into a righteous sort of poetry.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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The setting was a lush landscape of rice paddies, red basalt soil, the golden sands of the South China Sea beaches and bamboo thickets.—
Pavlo Fedykovych,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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