hedgerow

Example Sentences

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To “hedge” a bet was an obvious extension of the way a hedgerow protects those inside it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"Still about a minute left," said the drone's pilot, 46-year-old Soliara, before silence fell over their control van, full of screens and cables and concealed in a hedgerow in the northwest Kharkiv region.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

On the Big Island, volcanic rock pebbles crunched underfoot as Lomberg wandered down a curving hedgerow marked “Orion arm” to a leaf adorned with a plastic jewel that represents our solar system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

“He is in a completely unique position to change how so many people eat every day,” said Alice Waters, the California restaurateur and agricultural reformer, whom Charles once taught to weave a hedgerow.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

Everywhere, in field and hedgerow and garden and forest, the insect predators and parasites are at work.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson