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Recent Examples of scrubland
The waters eventually receded, but somehow the pupfish found a refuge in the vast expanse of scrubland and sand.
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Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
In 1980 the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., hired him to create an artwork for a new flood wall along a 600-foot stretch of dirt and scrubland.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these are still more expensive than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
In 1980 the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., hired him to create an artwork for a new flood wall along a 600-foot stretch of dirt and scrubland.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these are still more expensive than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrubland
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Here's what to know A dry fall fuels wildfires from East Coast to west and puts Arizona forests on watch Navajo families don't trust their tap water, study says, and overpay for outside supplies What is a La Niña winter like?Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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But the program alone is not enough to restore the forest, said Brian Reatini, a geneticist with the U.S. Forest Service.Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Here's what to do if that happens, or in any scary wildlife encounter Black bears are the only species of bear found in Arizona, and they can be found in forests, chaparral and desert riparian areas.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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West Coast/California California’s coastal sage scrub and mixed chaparral were a huge source of inspiration for us and can be found in different combinations from southern to northern California.Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Eisenberg is a warm, compassionate guide through a thicket of violence, abrupt endings, and youthful longings, and her book is an intelligent corrective to common true-crime tropes.Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hedden and a colleague approached the Marshes’ property through the woods and discovered a human skull in a thicket.Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
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Meaning: From the alder grove Alternative Spellings & Variations: Delany Faun A faun is a kind of mythical creature found in Pan’s Labyrinth.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Beach Terrace above is conceived as a lush oasis with a lagoon, a sandy beachfront and palm groves.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
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In addition to world-class skiing, Tamarack’s Nordic trail system features nearly 20 miles of paths for classic or skate skis, snowshoes or fat bikes to wind through open meadows and woodlands while enjoying mountain-high views in every direction.Roger Sands, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The imagery was photographed by Sharna Osborne in the woodlands of Somerset, England, where the British shoe manufacturer was founded.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrubland. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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