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Recent Examples of overgrow
The girls stayed with their grandparents in the smallest of ten bahay kubo, traditional bamboo-stilt homes, that hugged a bend of the San Juan and were overgrown with mango and jam fruit trees.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Wildland’s mission is ambitious: a long-view goal to rewild lands altered by deforestation, and overgrown with invasive species, with native regenerative tree species.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Prune overgrown or weakened trees so the weight of wet leaves doesn’t bend or break branches.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Farmhands in the distance are harvesting hay, not only to provide winter fodder for animals but also to destroy seedling trees and shrubs that might otherwise overgrow the area, while distant plumes of smoke suggest the possible burning of fields after harvest for the same reason.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Wildland’s mission is ambitious: a long-view goal to rewild lands altered by deforestation, and overgrown with invasive species, with native regenerative tree species.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Prune overgrown or weakened trees so the weight of wet leaves doesn’t bend or break branches.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Farmhands in the distance are harvesting hay, not only to provide winter fodder for animals but also to destroy seedling trees and shrubs that might otherwise overgrow the area, while distant plumes of smoke suggest the possible burning of fields after harvest for the same reason.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
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But few creatures seem to be proliferating in more annoying fashion these days than the Florida bro-flake.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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These kinds of sites have proliferated online and take advantage of consumer trends.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Verb
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According to microbiome expert Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, per the Cleveland Clinic, most Americans don’t consume the 25 to 35 grams of fiber gut bacteria need to thrive.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Wallace is particularly troubled by how quickly hantavirus was incorporated into the COVID-era health conspiracies and the distrust in public health authorities that still thrive in certain online ecosystems.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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The flavors of Mexico flourish in Chicago chef Rick Bayless' backyard garden.—
Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
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But where the movie floundered, the soundtrack – co-produced by Electric Light Orchestra maestro Jeff Lynne – flourished.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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