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
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
With its adaptive dampers and massive brakes, the M5 moves swiftly and with confidence.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Hydroplaning occurs when a car loses the ability to brake and steer and when its tires lose traction.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The intimate space of a workshop, where brakes and other car parts are repaired.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
With its adaptive dampers and massive brakes, the M5 moves swiftly and with confidence.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Waymo robotaxi, traveling at a speed of 17 miles per hour, braked and collided with the student.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Hydroplaning occurs when a car loses the ability to brake and steer and when its tires lose traction.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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But in North County, many other factors influence water prices in the avocado groves.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The two treks covered roughly the same ground but branched off to different micro zones within an area of the grove that was more or less burned flat.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hours-long delays are slowing travel at airports nationwide.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The city checks for duplicate names, similar-sounding names, spelling conflicts, and anything that could slow down or confuse an emergency response.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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My hibiscus bush lost all its leaves during the cold.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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While her skin-tight gold Gucci gown caused all the right commotion, the reality TV star missed her mark and fell into a bush while heading into the ultra-exclusive Vanity Fair soirée in Los Angeles.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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However, on Saturday, the forest service has placed areas along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor, including the Austin metro area and the Hill Country, under a high level of fire danger.—
Roberto Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Other sacred temples, ancient shrines, and spiritual sites are scattered throughout, integrated in the park’s natural forest and river landscapes, making Phnom Kulen a unique cultural, archaeological, and ecological site.—
Jasmine Ting,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Interiors skew minimal and elemental (raw wood, concrete, metal) and spotlight a muted palette of sand and dusty olive green; shades that pull from the sunbaked landscape dotted with palms and agaves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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In other places, buildings were reduced to heaps of wood and metal, with only a few bunk beds still intact in some, while blankets, personal belongings and bedding were strewn about.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Along the way, hikers are surrounded by mafic southern mixed chaparral, a unique type of chaparral vegetation that is found in mafic soils, which are rich in magnesium and iron.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Masri’s drumming is lithe and spacious even at its most aggressive; just as Alcorn’s guitar slides move with a gravity-defying, naturalistic force, his attacks seem to sprout out of each other independently, emerging in thickets.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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