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Recent Examples of overgrow
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.
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
The animals all had skin, dental and eye conditions that required treatment, and their nails were overgrown.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 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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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
The animals all had skin, dental and eye conditions that required treatment, and their nails were overgrown.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 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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Steakhouses have proliferated across Miami-Dade County in recent years, but Cremasco believes there’s room for 1986 Steak House in the mix.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rails proliferated across Colorado during the late 19th century.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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At 50 feet tall, these varieties are smaller than the American elm, thrive in full to part sun, and require low to medium water.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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Here’s hoping village officials and the gutsy developers taking over this underperforming eyesore get it right and thrive in the future.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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This arid hellworld doesn’t seem like a place where creativity would flourish, but the music buzzes with it.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Chicagoans first fell in love with the Italian comfort food in small late-night eateries that flourished thanks to the long hours, outgoing personalities and deft dough-throwing hands of their mom-and-pop owners.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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