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
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Silos and miscommunication, work styles, selecting the right people for each project, removing internal blockers—there a variety of factors can put the brakes on even the strongest projects.
—Jeff Chow, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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Noun
Dealers will also inspect and replace the brake pedal assembly if needed, free of charge.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Silos and miscommunication, work styles, selecting the right people for each project, removing internal blockers—there a variety of factors can put the brakes on even the strongest projects.
—Jeff Chow, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
In addition to establishing specific training minimums dedicated to braking system failures, the Congonhas Airport was also expanded.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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Several rural areas of the county, former ranches and citrus groves, are currently in the process of selling and are being prepared for development.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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And to a collective—of parents and grandparents and ancestors and olive groves and hillsides that endured and perished or endured and survived and passed on their memories and practices and language to me, to us.—
Cindy Juyoung Ok
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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But as local Chinese governments have ramped up their own conferences and the overall economy has slowed, foreign businesses interested in China have not had to rely as much on Summer Davos matchmaking.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Dillon said the application process for grant money through the Federal Emergency Management Agency slowed progress.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 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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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 June 2025
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The spa menu boasts a long list of bodywork treatments options, including the fire & ice massage, which soothes sore muscles with a combination of hot stones and cooling recovery balm, facials and body scrubs using ingredients from the forest, and a fireside massage package for two.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Much of that region is covered by chaparral and grassland, which can be very flammable.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Fabrice Pothier, then NATO’s director of policy planning, told me that officials confronted a thicket of bureaucracy and regulations governing the movement of military equipment across European borders.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Years of research poke holes in that idea, and buyers navigating a thicket of add-on dealer costs would disagree.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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Never a lunch for me, this summertime snack was easy to make and kept me fueled up for a long day of running through the woods.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Experts with AccuWeather recommend long sleeves in areas where there may be ticks, such as woods or tall grass, and to check your body after spending time outdoors.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.
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