bramble

On bramble flowers, doubling the density of honey bees was associated with a 14% decrease in bumblebee abundance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

For long stretches, Fish and I walked in the bike lane, or in the bramble by the side of the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Just off the road, a tall bramble of bushes and weeds grew so thick and thorny, even trained cadaver-sniffing dogs could barely penetrate it.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

First are light bites like venison tartare flecked with pickled garlic buds and served with bramble purée, and a seaweed “cornetto” filled with salmon belly tartare and salmon mousse.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Pushing upward with what remained of her quavering strength, she heaved it open and emerged in a tangle of bramble with summer’s last shriveled berries still clinging to the vines.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Herd manager Will Harford-Fox said the goats would eat species cattle missed, including gorse, blackthorn and brambles.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

We passed by apple, nectarine and pear trees, then blackberry brambles as large as a football field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Meanwhile, in nearby pastures and olive groves, the buildup of grasses, brush, and brambles was kept under control through a combination of livestock grazing, manual brush cutting, and occasional managed burning.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024

Though the weather was chill enough to turn their breath white, their clothing was drenched with sweat and nearly ripped to shreds by the grasping brambles.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

That face — all determination and brambled beard — still fronts much of the league’s promotional material, including its “Don’t Cross the Line” campaign, which is aimed at improving fans’ behaviour.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2017

There are certain well-charted highroads where there were once only brambled trails.

From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by William F. (William Frederick) Bigelow

"You tiresome boy!" she gasped, holding one little hand to her side as she gripped her brambled skirt around her ankles with the other.

From Openings in the Old Trail by Bret Harte

Over the brambled wall we saw cows lying down in a pasture.

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton

For their crane had been left in a brambled hole, and they very soon rigged it out again.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean!

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley