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greenwoods

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plural of greenwood

as in wildwoods

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Take the paved footpath behind Zori past olive groves to reach the ACI Marina, its restaurants and the taxi boats that take you to Hvar Town and the notoriously hedonistic beach club, Carpe Diem, on the neighboring island of Marinkovac.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
The 11-mile Hoh River Trail explores every nook and cranny of this serene rain forest, while the shorter one-mile Hall of Mosses loops through old-growth forests and maple groves, with a verdant canopy of moss providing shade along the way.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026

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Attendees will be able to try the new headset at select stands, while the MMX 130 wireless will be available for an exclusive preview in the brand’s B2B area at the Indie Arena Booth.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
After a 10-year time jump from the main events in Sunday’s premiere, the veteran Green Lantern played by Kyle Chandler is sitting alone in the snowy stands of a rural high school football field — dead.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.

— Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

Definition of copses

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Ecopsychologists have shown that the practice of gratitude puts brakes on hyper-consumption.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
And unlike so many of today’s EVs, they’re actually designed to look good, and expose more of the powerful brakes behind, rather than optimized solely to slip through the air more cleanly to aid range.

— Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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