variants
also bosques
as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators
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As officers came close, the tow truck slammed on its brakes, causing the squad car to collide with the rear of the truck, the source said.
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
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An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
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Royce Ben Jameson was arrested on suspicion of the offense of firing woods or prairie and third-degree criminal trespass.
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According to a medical examiner, the infant had likely been in the woods for only about 12 hours before being discovered.
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An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
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Visitors moved from the sandstone cliffs of Antelope Canyon to the dappled light of the Ponderosa forests, and then the bright starscape of the Sonoran Desert.
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The vineyard soils are primarily composed of fractured sandstone, along with several other soil types, and portions of the vineyards are ringed by towering groves of California redwoods.
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Set between Ostuni and Ceglie Messapica and surrounded by silvery olive groves, the Masseria Silentio is a former Masseriola, or rural farmhouse, dating back to the 18th century.
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Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
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Tony Kushner's screenplay turns the thickets of policymaking into a righteous sort of poetry.
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“Bosks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bosks. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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