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Recent Examples of pleach
Pool Garden Linden trees are pleached and underplanted with liriope, while boxwood hedges frame pink annuals.
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Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleach
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Her hair was braided and a short veil could be seen flowing from it in a few photos.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Twist or re-braid your new growth Sometimes the front of your hair simply needs to be redone.—
Danielle James,
Allure,
22 Apr. 2026
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Ayad Akhtar, the author of Homeland Elegies, plaits autofiction with philosophical inquiry.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
22 Dec. 2025
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The struggle is not due to a lack of options, though: Boho braids wrapped into an elegant bun; cornrows neatly plaited into a bow; and small, knotless braids with wavy ends are just a few ways to wear braids down the aisle.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
16 Oct. 2025
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Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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On average, the city is platting 892 acres per year and is projected to need 911 acres per year for new growth and development.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
14 Jan. 2026
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which ply the globe, including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Kids — and even adults — plied me with questions about what happened during those three long days of captivity.—
Midsi Sanchez,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some of its members and those of some of its sister organizations have been implicated in – or accused of - instigating attacks against India's Muslim and Christian minorities.—
Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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They were charged after Lorenz, then under arrest for another crime in Iowa, confessed to murdering Meindl and implicated Pugh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But where limestone is crumbly and opaque, nacre’s toughness and light-bending properties come from silklike proteins that weave among the layers, holding them in place while providing enough elasticity to absorb the shock of a fracture.—
Caitlin Kennedy,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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Never tested in orbit, NASA’s robot could, in theory, perform tasks like weaving solar power stations and antennae in space from spools of carbon fiber.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Pleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleach. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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