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
Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
But even Ferrari’s multimillion-dollar sports cars have parts or raw materials for things such as airbags, brakes, tires, batteries and more that come from non-Italian suppliers and facilities.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Visibility was fine, braking was instantaneous and the feel of the wheel was sharp but not overly so.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
After hitting the brakes in 2022, a luxury-home builder is moving forward on a proposal to build hundreds of homes in fast-growing northwest Meridian despite neighbors’ trepidation.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
But even Ferrari’s multimillion-dollar sports cars have parts or raw materials for things such as airbags, brakes, tires, batteries and more that come from non-Italian suppliers and facilities.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 May 2025
Verb
Bailey had five drunken driving convictions between 1985 and 2015.
40 mph without braking
Friends and family of the victims filled the courtroom at Wednesday’s hearing.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Visibility was fine, braking was instantaneous and the feel of the wheel was sharp but not overly so.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
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The shift in setting, from the States to Sicily, should yield evocative and, at least for a video game, new sights: The story itself begins in the Sicilian sulfur mines before whisking players through a rural landscape of pretty villages and aromatic lemon groves.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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The 8-mile round-trip hike crosses bridges over creeks and winds through aspen groves, alpine meadows, and past smaller cascades before reaching the multi-tiered waterfall in Eagles Nest Wilderness.—
Jennifer Broome,
Denver Post,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Eating less protein may slow the progression of kidney disease.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
20 May 2025
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On the plus side, recent lower temperatures have slowed the insects’ life cycle in the Eaton fire burn area, and mosquito abundance levels have been below average.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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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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The expansion wouldn’t include only farmland; part of the area is forest, and Desri plans to clear 46 acres of trees.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
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At the Glen Oaks Resort Adobe Motor Lodge in Big Sur, the rooms huddle at the edge of a thick forest.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Hazardous fire areas were considered to be at greater risk for wildfire due to their proximity to highly flammable vegetation including the native chaparral that is present in many areas of Poway’s open spaces.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wildfires are part of the life cycle of forests and the chaparral, which burn with regularity to regenerate themselves and have occurred long before humans populated the Golden State.—
Hugo A Loaiciga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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On Rikers, a thicket of laws and lore, regulations and culture bind and barnacle decision-making.—
Elizabeth Glazer,
New York Daily News,
18 May 2025
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Fourteen years of civil war, and a thicket of financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. government and others, have crippled Syria, physically and economically.—
Ephrat Livni,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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After Survivor, Wesson built a cabin in the woods of North Carolina, occasionally teaching survival classes.—
Ale Russian,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Summit, June 10 Image So Far Gone by Jess Walter Rhys Kinnick, a journalist and a recluse, is living off the grid in the woods near Spokane, Wash., when his grandchildren are kidnapped by thugs.—
Laura Thompson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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