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Recent Examples of overgrow
Trees that have overgrown their space require pruning every two to three years.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
Unless the shrub is overgrown for the site, very little pruning is needed.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
Control weeds that are filling bare spots and overgrowing the good grass.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
Of the 3,000 vacant lots owned by the city, more than 90% are on the East Side, many of them overgrown with weeds and brambles.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
Unless the shrub is overgrown for the site, very little pruning is needed.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
Control weeds that are filling bare spots and overgrowing the good grass.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
Of the 3,000 vacant lots owned by the city, more than 90% are on the East Side, many of them overgrown with weeds and brambles.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
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The joke conspiracy is meant to satirize the spread of misinformation by proliferating the false idea that the U.S. government wiped out birds and replaced the animals with drones to spy on Americans.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Better power efficiency, smaller sizes and consumer-level pricing are all key factors in adapting AI to proliferate its value across more types of products and use cases.Iri Trashanki, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Tame animals in a petting-zoo area get their enclosures shot up by Russian troops, just for fun.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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The number will likely shoot up over the coming days as more people watch on catch up.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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Since then, Bhutan has thrived by shunning outside influence.By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Today, her children are thriving at our Passages Charter School, a school on the city’s North Side.Chris Shue, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Critically, technical fluency in AI is not a requirement to meaningfully influence AI culture – a growth mindset and adaptability to change will create an environment for AI applications to flourish.London School of Economics, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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And Daboll has struggled to flourish as the New York Giants head coach.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Fort Worth, a pleasantly compact city in comparison to its sprawling neighbor, Dallas, turns an overnight stay into an opportunity to immerse yourself in Texan culture while luxuriating in the finer things in life.Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The 90-minute set kicked off with a cinematic video of Carpenter luxuriating in a bubble bath.Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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