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Recent Examples of overgrow
If your jade plant is overgrown, prune it back gradually—just one or two branches at a time—over several seasons to get it under control again.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
There was no stream, though the place where one used to be was overgrown with thick, hard, tawny grass, like a scar.
—Literary Hub, 2 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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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
There was no stream, though the place where one used to be was overgrown with thick, hard, tawny grass, like a scar.
—Literary Hub, 2 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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But as technology evolved and proliferated, privacy laws repeatedly fell short in protecting California’s students — at the same time that the federal government has tried to collect increasing amounts of personal information, Addis said.—
Adam Echelman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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These kinds of bans have proliferated.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Local mosquito experts blame the unseasonable weather pattern and a thriving invasive species for the surge in itchy bites.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Our approach to pest management focuses on reducing food sources, improving waste containerization, and correcting structural conditions that allow rats to thrive.—
Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Gittens and Garnacho have plenty of time left on their seven-year deals to settle and flourish at Chelsea.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Since the ban, ACLFs have flourished throughout the rest of Dade County.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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