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grassy

[gras-ee, grah-see] / ˈgræs i, ˈgrɑ si /


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Standing on a grassy verge in the Hook of Holland, I'm overlooking the Port of Rotterdam.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

As they regained the upper hand, forces still needed more than an hour to move crowds across the vast grassy lawn.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

A video captured by a civilian appeared to show police handcuffing a person lying on the ground in a grassy area outside the library.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

After the sessions, caravans of cars made their way down a narrow road to a grassy stretch of family land nearby for food, music and games.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

The grassy slopes were crowded with seabirds, who stared and screeched and nervously fluttered their wings as the robot hiked by.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The former is grown underground and flaunts a more bitter and sweeter flavor profile, while the latter is grown above ground and is grassier in taste.

From Salon May 14, 2025

As one example, deforestation in one tropical region might turn a rainforest into a "savanna-type system," which is a drier, grassier ecosystem with far fewer trees.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2023

In Lagos, lush, green lemongrass bushes, grassier sisters of the yellow lemongrass stalks, grow locally.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2022

Still, make sure it’s one you like the taste of, especially for grassier extra-virgin oils.

From Washington Post Nov. 15, 2021

If an office is to be disposed of, the constant phrase in France is, as in India, il faut grassier la pate.

From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Sir Archibald Alison

The sunset gave a deeper mellowness to the standing crops, and in the grassiest corner of the wayside villages the young men and maidens were dancing like the figures in vignette illustrations of classic poets.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

Naturally, it has developed to the largest degree and size in those animals which have lived upon the bulkiest and grassiest of foods, the so-called Herbivora, or grass-eaters.

From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson

Sunny busied himself laying out the utensils on the grassiest spot he could find.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum




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