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Recent Examples of overgrowThe long grass is bright green, with shrubs overgrown and tangled.—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 See All Example Sentences for overgrow
Academics have launched research projects, start-ups are proliferating and investors are piling in.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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.
This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.
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Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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.
Meanwhile, the mockumentary format that The Office popularized has flourished in a host of other series, which did not go unnoticed among the show’s producers.
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Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
In the background, policy advocates are pushing for a safe harbor model as a legal middle ground, where innovation can flourish without being stifled by excessive regulation.
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!
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Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
30 July 2025
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.
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