as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the deer bounded off into the coppice
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The rest remains untouched, a landscape of redwoods, oak forests, wildlife corridors, and mountain terrain.—
K. H. Koehler,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026 -
After spending hours in stadium crowds surrounded by tens of thousands of fellow fans, solo trail time through mangrove forests offers a genuine respite.—
Taylor Haught,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Aquitaine countryside unfolds in a collage of khaki, tan, and green, dotted with little ponds and copses of trees.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a sneak peek of the final episode shared with Variety, Nelson finally gets a proof-of-life from his ex-wife Marsha (Christine Adams), who is being hunted in the woods by accomplices of the same shadowy figures that have railroaded Nelson into hijacking the train.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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During an epic research project spanning ten years, archaeologists first took to the skies in 2016 to investigate what might be lurking beneath the woods.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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In January of 2021, during the twenty fourth Western Monarch Count, nearly a hundred volunteers donned their masks in the middle of the pandemic to carefully survey groves of trees on the California and Northern Baja coast for monarch butterflies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Best Places to Stay For lodgings within the park, consider John Muir Lodge, ideal for visitors who want easy access to the sequoia groves and the visitor center without sacrificing comfort.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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The tracks of Eastern cottontail are also a common sight — especially near thickets of chokecherry, elderberry and other bushes that provide safe shelter.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Coppices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coppices. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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