as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Intersection collision mitigation warns of an impending collision during a left turn and applies the brakes in certain scenarios.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
And there's an 80-lux LED headlight plus braking tail-light.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Rams From scary surroundings to strange ones, Rams try to focus on football and feel normal
Jan. 11, 2025
Williams tried pumping the brakes, and the car began to skid.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Intersection collision mitigation warns of an impending collision during a left turn and applies the brakes in certain scenarios.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Verb
This gives you more time to react and brake, reducing your crash risk.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
And there's an 80-lux LED headlight plus braking tail-light.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brake
Noun
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Western monarchs rely on overwintering groves along the California coast, some of which are now proposed to be designated as critical habitat for the species.—
Sharmeen Morrison,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Sylmar is yet another Los Angeles, remote and rugged, far to the north in the San Fernando Valley, an arid swath of ranches and working-class suburbs once known for its groves of olive trees.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Granted, the Commanders have rarely slowed any rushing attack, ranking 30th in the regular season.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Opponents tackle him to slow his dangerous passing gear.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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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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Related Stories Fire rages in the forest one night when the village’s de facto guardian Maxim (Willem Dafoe), and his troupe of gun-toting child troglodytes trained in his image, hunt the Ochi (humans blame them for the disappearance of farm animals).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Southern California is dominated by shrublands known as chaparral.—
Hannah Singleton,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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Phillip, 48, went outside and hiked into the gullies to cut away brush and chaparral until there was nothing flammable left within several hundred feet of the house.—
Eli Saslow,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Business leaders, lawmakers, legal scholars and influencers who make money on TikTok are watching to see how Trump tries to resolve a thicket of regulatory, legal, financial and geopolitical issues with his signature.—
Sally Ho,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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On many other fronts, Trump’s most contentious executive actions are sure to meet a thicket of court challenges.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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The contrast of wood, glass and whisky creates a sleek and modern design that is striking enough to be fitting for what is to be Highland Park’s oldest whisky to date, and another step toward premiumisation for the Orkney brand.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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At 22, Gail gave birth alone and left her newborn in the woods.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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