underbrush

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Recent Examples of underbrush Without regular, low-intensity fires clearing a mature forest’s underbrush, where shade-tolerant balsam firs thrive, the tree species can build up. Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025 Fueled by wind gusts, relative low humidity, warm temperatures, dry underbrush and a build-up of dead trees killed by an insect infestation, the Camp House Fire has quickly spread through the area, according to officials. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 May 2025 That folkloric significance is relayed in majestic opening footage of a nighttime thunderstorm as a pangolin ambles through scrubby underbrush, its armor glistening in the rain. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 During that time when the mother is out feeding, the fawns have been known to hide in underbrush, according to the Park Service. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for underbrush
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Noun
  • The mother's body was under a black bag, having been killed several days before the infant who was found several hundred meters away in undergrowth.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
  • The mother’s body was under a black bag, having been killed several days before the infant, who was found several hundred feet away in undergrowth.
    Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Across the West, about three dozen fires were burning uncontained and another 80 fires were being managed to clear out vegetation that has clogged the landscape, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 July 2025
  • Some properties in Waianae Valley use sheep to eat the overgrown vegetation.
    Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Then step outside: the shower is surrounded by lush foliage.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Her top tips include planting nectar-rich annuals like lantanas and zinnias, using lightweight potting soil, feeding plants with long-lasting fertilizer, and mixing blooms with eye-catching foliage.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 6 July 2025

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