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Recent Examples of overgrow
In many other neighborhoods, vacant houses, overgrown lots and the lack of businesses remind people of a disaster that happened before many of them were born.
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Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 Aug. 2025
Range said in that time, the park had overgrown with exotic flora and fauna.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
The tree must have overgrown its location or have other reasons for removal.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 30 July 2025
Beneath its surface were deep, dark scars—grooves cut through the rock by old lava flows, now overgrown with stubborn green.
—Tess Moormans, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2025
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Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 Aug. 2025
Range said in that time, the park had overgrown with exotic flora and fauna.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
The tree must have overgrown its location or have other reasons for removal.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 30 July 2025
Beneath its surface were deep, dark scars—grooves cut through the rock by old lava flows, now overgrown with stubborn green.
—Tess Moormans, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
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Even as conventional treatments for autoimmune diseases have become more effective than ever, alternative treatments, including nutritional supplements, breathing exercises, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and cold plunges in frigid water, have proliferated.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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McMillon said that as AI continues to proliferate and impact the ways that people’s lives and daily activities work, Walmart needs to stay an active part of the transformation, even if that means relinquishing control of how that technology evolves.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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These are not circumstances in which a head coach thrives or lasts for long.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Georgia may be renowned for its official fruit, but the state is also home to a thriving wine country, particularly in the North Georgia mountains.—
Crystal Tate,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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His Lorenz Hart is a lost soul of New York, an artist who couldn’t have flourished—or fallen—anywhere else.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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