as in forest
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
The National Museum of Korea is a short walk from my home, set among bamboo groves and pagodas.
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Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
11 June 2026
As well as the orchards and olive groves, Langes-Swarovski was behind the introduction of a vegetable garden and beehives producing saltmarsh honey, according to Sotheby’s.
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Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Umbria — the only Italian region with no coastline and no foreign border — delivers Tuscany-style hill towns, olive groves and Lake Trasimeno without the tour buses.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
No visit to San Fran is complete without snapping a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, so wake up with a stroll through the eucalyptus groves of the Presidio, the national park at the foot of the bridge.
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Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
11 June 2026
As well as the orchards and olive groves, Langes-Swarovski was behind the introduction of a vegetable garden and beehives producing saltmarsh honey, according to Sotheby’s.
—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Umbria — the only Italian region with no coastline and no foreign border — delivers Tuscany-style hill towns, olive groves and Lake Trasimeno without the tour buses.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
No visit to San Fran is complete without snapping a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, so wake up with a stroll through the eucalyptus groves of the Presidio, the national park at the foot of the bridge.
—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grove
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After several years as an orphan, Pumphrey died in a South Caroline pine forest on August 16, 1780, in what was one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War.
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The morning sky, plastered with dark-gray clouds, made the greenery of the forest so much brighter.
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The ceremony took place near the town of La Hormiga which is surrounded by vast fields of coca bushes, the raw material for cocaine that the Border Commandos export.
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This has nothing to do with aesthetics—clearing out things like branches and bushes helps prevent any blockages or overcrowding.
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Bitcoin, created in response to the government bail out of banks in 2008, has traded as both an inflation hedge and high-growth technology stock over the last 15 years.
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On inflation there was no such hedge.
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The Vatican for years has taken a firm stand against multinational mining corporations, especially in Latin America and in favor of the Indigenous peoples, whose lands and livelihoods are often ravaged when mining projects come to town.
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The parade ended in the center of Land Park, adjacent to Fairytale Town, where a large stage and various stands and food vendors were set up for the main Juneteenth festival.
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For instance, pet parents keep an eye out for Amazon vacuums that come with tangle-free brushes to trap loose fur without clogging the motorhead.
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This Levoit vacuum just dropped under $200, and its impressive ability to pick up hair without any tangles is a pet owner’s dream.
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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.
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His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.
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This woodland native grows in USDA Zones 6-9 and is best suited to shadier areas of the landscape.
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At Garland Ranch, trails climb from the Carmel River through oak woodland, chaparral and shaded canyons with the sort of views that drew people to California in the first place.
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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.
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The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grove. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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