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Recent Examples of tuftsIn the near distance a great grey boulder rose above the red tufts.—Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2026 With all the hair growing out from his sides, his beard and going up into these bushy tufts at the top.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2026 Wire cables, arranged in clusters across a gallery floor, conjure tufts of grass.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Sep. 2026 Towering ears with wispy tufts, massive paws, a shaggy coat and a tail that seems built to wrap around its body like a scarf.—
Pat Mueller,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2026 Giant trees with fluffy white seed tufts surround the aptly named Cottonwood Inn Bed and Breakfast, which has six rooms plus a carriage house within walking distance of Empire Beach.—
Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
24 June 2026 Golden silk spiders have a more reddish yellow abdomen with circular patterns as well as tufts of hair on the legs.—
Eva Flowe
june 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026 The beetle has five small white tufts under the wing covers on each side and one more pair projecting from the tip of the abdomen, which distinguishes it from similar beetle species.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026 The pale hue of her towering hairdo made the perfect complement to her bold gown—a Kevin Germanier Spring 2026 Couture design, which looked as if it were covered in colorful tufts of tinsel.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
In addition to being a beloved brand, Flamingo Estate is also a real place, perched in the sunny hills of Los Angeles amid dreamy orchards and gardens.
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Mina Dragani,
Architectural Digest,
24 Sep. 2026
Spread across 400 acres in the hills of Santa Rosa, Safari West is home to more than 900 animals, including giraffes, zebras, rhinos, flamingos, cape buffalo and impalas.
That potential for change comes in part thanks to Nepal’s more than 6,000 rivers and streams that flow down from the mountains and are strengthened by monsoons and melting glaciers, which allow the country to run on 99% hydropower.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2026
Warmer storms hold more moisture, and push the snow line up the mountains, so precipitation that should be saved as snowpack runs off as rain.
Although garden mums are considered hardy to Zone 5, breeders have developed fall mums with big mounds of showy flowers that may not be as cold-hardy as in the past.
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Lynn Coulter,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Sep. 2026
Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter Some hills in northern Alabama are burial mounds from the Copena people who lived there 2,000 years ago.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown,
Scientific American,
2 Sep. 2026