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Recent Examples of overgrow
If your jade plant is overgrown, prune it back gradually—just one or two branches at a time—over several seasons to get it under control again.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2025
Photos show a few of these stone ruins, partially overgrown by the rainforest.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
That expanse could be tied thematically to steps leading to a high upper terrace in the back of the property, The terrace has expansive canyon views but has long been overgrown by brush.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Other homes seemed to be abandoned—partially collapsed and overgrown with weeds.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2025
Photos show a few of these stone ruins, partially overgrown by the rainforest.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
That expanse could be tied thematically to steps leading to a high upper terrace in the back of the property, The terrace has expansive canyon views but has long been overgrown by brush.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Other homes seemed to be abandoned—partially collapsed and overgrown with weeds.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
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Live events have proliferated on Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, generally without issues, though the 2018 Super Bowl experienced outages for select subscribers to Hulu’s pay-TV arm in a glitch that received press coverage at the time.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Competition is tightening as more electric vehicles proliferate the market and consumer habits change, which likely drove the downward trend away from Tesla, Palomarez said.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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The unemployment rate shot up to nearly 15%, the worst since the Great Depression.—
John Jennings,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The home of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) CEO Chip Terhune in Lake Oswego, near Portland, was shot up in the early hours of Feb. 21, the Lake Oswego Police Department said Wednesday.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Discover which herbs thrive in our region and explore their therapeutic and culinary uses.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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And as more people with access to credit spend, invest, and build businesses, GDP grows and the broader economy thrives.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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The planned staging of Salome at the Palace Theater would have been a historic performance, as Bernhardt was the A-lister of her time and no doubt would have flourished in the part.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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While his predecessors — both Democrats and Republicans — insisted that alliances in Europe and Asia were America’s greatest force multiplier, keeping the peace and allowing trade to flourish, Mr. Trump viewed them as a bleeding wound.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Spend your solo sojourn in the French countryside luxuriating in the property’s 80 acres, ideal for an afternoon picnic and a spin around the private lake on the château’s rowboat.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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But, in addition to that special dinner, bottle of wine, or shiny object, how about jetting to a romantic destination? Airlines, hotels and destinations are offering special packages for twosomes to luxuriate in couple time.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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