grass

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Recent Examples of grass After letting go of the ball, Vásquez tripped and tried to steady himself over the course of many steps backward before giving in and somersaulting backward in the grass in foul territory. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025 If that wasn't enough, the bride and groom even lay down in the puddles, while the groomsmen slide across the wet grass in their suits, which made for great footage captured by videographer Taylor Abbott. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025 Hair sculpted into plant-like forms mimicked the shapes of early African American lemon grass baskets. Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 Cal Fire status update Situation Summary Firefighters responded to a wildfire burning in grass near the area of Fountain Springs. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for grass
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Noun
  • Princess Kate, 43, and Prince William, 42, circulated among the thousands of guests on the lawns of the palace, dressing for the part.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Police responded to several 911 calls reporting a fight that occurred just before midnight on May 14, 2022, outside the Laurel Glen Drive property and found multiple victims on the front lawn.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In August, another tried to disguise 1,220 packages of meth as watermelons, with each round package wrapped in paper and painted two shades of green to mimic the fruit.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Europe’s regional Stoxx 600 index ended Wednesday in the green, even after global stocks were rattled by news that the U.S. economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter.
    Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023

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“Grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grass. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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