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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
Verb
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The men are artfully dressed in Victorian silk dresses, their coiffed hair braided, and ornamented (in Park’s case) with a simple crown of three spheres.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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While some programs do ignore people’s broader needs, many others braid housing with social services to get people out of crisis and into help.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Princess Charlotte, also 10, is known to plait her hair back with a braid on each side of her head, with the braids then tied with a ribbon or woven into a longer braid, also tied with a bow.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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If your stylist is plaiting your hair too tightly, be vocal and ask them to ease up.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
24 June 2025
Verb
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Originally called Browns Subdivision, the area was a farming development platted by W.L. Brown during the 1920s.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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The area has an additional 100,000 single-family homes platted, according to the county.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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There may be more hail-damage claims this year if the roof and siding firms plying Lake County neighborhoods are any indication.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Hurtigruten Since the 1890s, Hurtigruten’s ships have plied the coast of Norway, transporting people and goods, and now travelers looking to explore the country’s seaside cities and villages.—
Erica Silverstein,
AFAR Media,
22 July 2025
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As a leading English-language news platform, choosing to omit this story from the front pages of your publication implicates you in the mass deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, who are now entering their 22nd month of unrelenting attacks.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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While being questioned by authorities, Pierce implicated three of his friends: Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, and Michael Scott, all of whom were under the age of 18 at the time.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Now, with just a few months’ notice, staff are dismantling a 30-year program carefully woven into the city’s social safety net.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The last time might have been in a regional nightclub in the mid aughts, or weaving through a busy high street.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Pleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleach. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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