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
David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
Powell emphasized that any reductions now are akin to easing off the brake rather than accelerating economic activity.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
The bar's owner said its driver did not brake and drove away after striking Banks.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
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That's bad enough in our car example where chips are installed in hothouse spots like the engine or brakes.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
Powell emphasized that any reductions now are akin to easing off the brake rather than accelerating economic activity.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
Rounding out the key specs, the e-trike sports a LED headlight plus two braking rear lights with turn signaling, full fenders, a basket with lining, rear-view mirrors, and a lock.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
The bar's owner said its driver did not brake and drove away after striking Banks.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
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Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and groves for a unique way to dress them up.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Woodland Hills display winds through an eight-block cluster of streets that were home to walnut groves when the tradition began in the early 1950s.Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Knowing the specific mechanism could help slow the spread.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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The luxury market is experiencing a global slowdown, with spending across the board either slowed or falling for several months.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 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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The team is currently modeling at the level of the woodland stand, a unit of forest made up of a relatively uniform group of trees, to assess the optimal distance between trees.Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sitting in ancient Cumbria—the Lake District is a mighty UNESCO World Heritage Site drawing over 18 million visitors each year, home to the largest national park in England, covering over 880 square miles of terrain with towering mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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During these quieter times, the native chaparral and vegetation would slowly recover over the course of years.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 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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This native shrub ranges from five to 15 feet high and will slowly form thickets if allowed.Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Across the garden, Corley, in headphones, held a professional recording device up to another thicket of reeds.Oren Peleg, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Or watching wood dry, rather, since entire episodes are spent watching Penelope teach herself to start a fire or build a shelter or forage for food.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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For example, cedar wood is also a moth deterrent while peppermint works as an antibacterial agent.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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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 Dec. 2024.
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