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Recent Examples of grass
The less dry vegetation the better, according to CalFire’s to-do list:
Remove all dead plants, grass, and weeds.
Remove dead or dry leaves and pine needles.
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Eric MacK, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Unusually wet winters in 2023 and 2024 nourished the growth of brush and grass on hillsides across the region, and then came the extremely warm and rainless weather since spring that has left desiccated vegetation throughout the Los Angeles area.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
In 2023 for example, a wildfire — fueled by guinea grass, molasses grass, and buffel grass — killed at least 101 people in Maui.
—Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
Like their grass companions, broadleaf weeds work to control erosion and sequester carbon.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
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Eric MacK, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Unusually wet winters in 2023 and 2024 nourished the growth of brush and grass on hillsides across the region, and then came the extremely warm and rainless weather since spring that has left desiccated vegetation throughout the Los Angeles area.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
In 2023 for example, a wildfire — fueled by guinea grass, molasses grass, and buffel grass — killed at least 101 people in Maui.
—Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
Like their grass companions, broadleaf weeds work to control erosion and sequester carbon.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grass
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The ballpark will be one of the smallest in the big leagues, with just 10,000 permanent seats and a 14,000-person capacity thanks to a lawn area beyond the right field wall.Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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For most of its existence, there were citrus groves and cutting gardens, greenhouses and broad lawns.Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, Nvidia was the sole stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to finish in the green, rising about 0.4%.Sean Conlon, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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This Carter button, in the campaign’s signature green, summed up their politically balanced ticket: Deep South partnered with far North, appealing to liberal and conservative Democrats alike.Bill Marsh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
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The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
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“Grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grass. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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