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gorse

[gawrs] / gɔrs /




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"I forgot to change the ball and promptly hit it into the gorse, never to be seen again," David said of his first hole-in-one on the fourth hole at the Open Championship venue in Hoylake.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It was farmer Dave Matthews who found the skeletal remains of a man who became known as Some Mother's Son while cutting gorse near Tregantle Fort in Cornwall in 1982.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Thompson added there are "numerous smaller gorse fires going on" across Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, in the Scottish Borders firefighters worked overnight on a 600m by 50m section of gorse near the the A70 Tweedsmuir.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

They sat down by a clump of gorse bushes, and the woman began to undo paper packages.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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