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Recent Examples of tuft
More signs of a rabbit invasion include digging, tufts of fur caught on a shrub or fence, and pea-sized droppings in small piles or scattered throughout the garden.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while a salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Lightning-strike fires have always been possible in the desert, but excess vegetation like red brome, a grass that dries into short hay-like tufts, has contributed to bigger and more frequent wildfires in the Tonto.
—Anna Watts, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Closer to shore, two small birds only about 15 inches in length, called horned grebes, floated in the water, revealing their orange feather tufts on either side of their heads, before they, too, like the loons, disappeared into the water to search for food.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while a salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Lightning-strike fires have always been possible in the desert, but excess vegetation like red brome, a grass that dries into short hay-like tufts, has contributed to bigger and more frequent wildfires in the Tonto.
—Anna Watts, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Closer to shore, two small birds only about 15 inches in length, called horned grebes, floated in the water, revealing their orange feather tufts on either side of their heads, before they, too, like the loons, disappeared into the water to search for food.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuft
Noun
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Galena, Illinois One of the Midwest’s most picturesque and historic small-town gems sits in the rolling hills of northwest Illinois near the Mississippi River.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
15 June 2025
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For me, there’s nothing quite like surfing powerful waves surrounded by green hills and rich natural beauty.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Resting atop lookout mountain, the Keep can be described as a mountain flatlands.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The mountain regions could see gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour, the agency adds.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Shohei Ohtani will return to the mound on Monday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the San Diego Padres in what is set to be his first pitching appearance since Aug. 23, 2023.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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The work began in earnest when McFarlane returned to the mound with Low-A Clearwater and continues now during an up-and-down High-A season, his ERA sitting at 5.72 and his record 0-6 through 11 starts.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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“Tuft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuft. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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