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Recent Examples of overgrow
The long grass is bright green, with shrubs overgrown and tangled.
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Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
It’s not overgrown as most English cemeteries are, but mowing is a challenge.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 July 2025
Its iron gates remained open and unguarded, the courtyard overgrown and prowled by dogs.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
At least one city program also ignited robust neighborhood criticism when 133 trees in the leafy Oakmont subdivision were razed last summer in a city-wide drive to remove trees whose roots were overgrown.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
It’s not overgrown as most English cemeteries are, but mowing is a challenge.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 July 2025
Its iron gates remained open and unguarded, the courtyard overgrown and prowled by dogs.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
At least one city program also ignited robust neighborhood criticism when 133 trees in the leafy Oakmont subdivision were razed last summer in a city-wide drive to remove trees whose roots were overgrown.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
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Academics have launched research projects, start-ups are proliferating and investors are piling in.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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But massage has become more mainstream in North America—the realm of the strip mall, where affordable massage franchises have proliferated (Massage Envy, the biggest, has nearly a thousand locations and offers a subscription option), and a pillar of the fitness and wellness industries.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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From Harlem’s iconic cultural institutions to Brooklyn’s creative hubs, NYC’s Black singles thrive in a landscape of endless possibilities and community pride.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
8 Sep. 2025
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This time around, new signings were given the opportunity to flourish.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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This spending has created a virtuous cycle of spending and earnings for several mega-cap technology companies, including many of the Magnificent 7, which have seen their earnings and valuations flourish.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Enjoy Venus in Cancer by embracing your inner crab tendencies by luxuriating by a pool or at the beach, and feel the refreshing optimism and emotional reset!—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
30 July 2025
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Sony and Microsoft and the PC world can keep playing the cutting-edge hardware competition while Nintendo luxuriates in its bizarre boutique silo, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane, consistently content with winning its own solo race.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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