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greenwoods

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plural of greenwood

as in wildwoods

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Then, just nine months later, came the collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves near the village of Urda into a scene of carnage.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves into a scene of carnage came just four weeks before the country votes in a national election.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

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Slightly west, Sultan-Epe lies beside a deep canyon, where a stream threads through thickets of mulberry, buckthorn, blackberry, and wild herbs—another improbable pocket of green in one of Kazakhstan’s driest regions.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
The original computers were essentially thickets of light bulbs.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of thickets

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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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The deputy's statement of facts indicated that the Camry driver did not apply his brakes before the collision, and the evidence showed the speedometer was stuck at 100 mph after the crash.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Conventional cars tend to rely on mechanical systems, brakes, and differentials to provide torque to each wheel.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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