as in bush
a small group of trees
They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake.
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Recent Examples of grove
As temperatures drop, nearby groves of aspen, willow, cottonwood, and other deciduous trees turn into a brilliant display of scarlet, gold, and orange.
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
The last giant sequoias are in about 73 groves scattered over 48,000 acres along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The route will showcase golden aspen groves on the lower slopes of the San Francisco Peaks.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Dense forests have replaced the olive groves.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
The last giant sequoias are in about 73 groves scattered over 48,000 acres along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The route will showcase golden aspen groves on the lower slopes of the San Francisco Peaks.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Dense forests have replaced the olive groves.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grove
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He was pursued by Gonzales-Magallanes and a juvenile suspect, who emerged from a hiding spot in some bushes and opened fire toward Othman, prosecutors alleged.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Law enforcement sources told amNewYork that while the man was relieving himself behind some bushes, two suspects on mopeds approached the car and demanded money from Linarez.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The François langur population primarily lives in the forests of China and Vietnam, where hunting and habitat destruction are major threats.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Nivens lived in Howard Place, next door to the house—now a museum—where Robert Louis Stevenson had been born, and Muriel and Frances would slip through a gap in the hedge to play in his former garden.—
Frances Wilson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Some friends from college bought into the bitcoin story, including as an inflation hedge.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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The new space will offer wellness areas, lactation rooms and sit-stand workstations.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Anyone will tell you that the real stand-out of the film, though, is Michael Stuhlbarg, reuniting with the director after 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, who plays Roberts’s therapist husband.—
Morgan Baila,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies.—
Jess Thomson,
Wired News,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Box-out drills, tip drills, fighting through a tangle of pads for the ball drills.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Thick, coarse hair does best with a hot-air brush that features strong, durable bristles and tangle-free features.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The artist compound is set on 10 acres of oak woodlands near Julian.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Aside from beaches, biting flies can also be found along hiking trails, narrow lanes and roads and at the edges of woodlands.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.—
Bruce Beehler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grove. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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