nettles
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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
Preparations for the competition have been taking place all week; trimming away nettles, picking up litter and cutting the grass.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
He also had to work to sustain the voracious creatures, foraging daily for nettles to feed them.
From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024
But the khobeza is starting to run out, he said, so he now lives off a soup made from hot water and stinging nettles.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
There, well before sunset, Kehaar, flying westward down the Belt, spotted the rabbits lying up, all among the nettles and goose grass.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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