brushwood
Example Sentences
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She deftly manoeuvres a tractor-load of brushwood which she's spent the afternoon cutting from common land owned jointly by the community.
From BBC
Ra accused Canada of "jumping into fire with brushwood on its back" due to "blind belief in its American master" despite the ever-growing possibility of a military conflict on the Korean peninsula.
From Reuters
Las Provincias, a regional newspaper, reported police believe that the blaze may have been started by a spark from a machine used to gather brushwood.
From Reuters
Twigs of brushwood lie around a mud oven used for cooking.
From New York Times
Readers today are unlikely to confuse an adolescent with an armload of brushwood used for fences and hedges.
From The New Yorker
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