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Recent Examples of canebrakeOf the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake.—Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023 According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S.—Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022 The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.—Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022 The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.—Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.—Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019 The canebrake wrens use their elaborate duets to defend territory and attract mates.—Tarpley Hitt, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018 The venomous canebrake rattlesnake dwells in the woods throughout most of the state, particularly hardwood forests.—Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
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.
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Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Years of research poke holes in that idea, and buyers navigating a thicket of add-on dealer costs would disagree.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
Much of that region is covered by chaparral and grassland, which can be very flammable.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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.
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.
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Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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.
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 June 2025
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.
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.
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Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
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Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
She had been dragged and pushed by two men into a copse on Hampstead Heath.
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Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.
This would deliver a damaging blow to an already fragile Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which has for decades served as a crucial brake on the spread of nuclear weapons.
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VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Investors haven't slammed the brakes on all stocks in the solar energy sector, with shares of solar panel makers First Solar and Toyo taking less damage.
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