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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
Verb
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Despite Kennan’s advice, American commitments continued to proliferate.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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Thus, as Washington began testing the limits of legality at Guantánamo through immigrant detention, lawsuits proliferated.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Estrada thrived during spring training in 2024, made the plane for the team’s trip to South Korea and struck out an MLB-record 13 straight batters late that May.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, some of the marketers who are thriving are upstarts who cultivate online crowds.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Live ants carry the risk of parasites, while freezing or dehydrating the insects can unintentionally allow harmful bacteria to flourish.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film law is one reason Israeli cinema has flourished in the past 25 years and repeatedly tackled the toughest questions in Israeli life.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The fabric glides against the skin, drapes beautifully, and gives off a shimmery, pearl-like luster worthy of a duchess, or at least someone who truly luxuriates at home.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
22 Sep. 2025
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Skip the sheep-counting and cup of chamomile, and luxuriate in the sleep-inducing blend of calming lavender oil, soothing balsam resin, moisturizing sweet almond oil, and relaxing magnesium salt flakes instead.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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