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shrubbery

[shruhb-uh-ree] / ˈʃrʌb ə ri /
NOUN
shrubs
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Hey, there might be one more second over there, hiding in the shrubbery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

As I stood in the shrubbery near her window, Cindy waved her hand this way and that, directing me from inside about the best spot for the feeding station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

He showed them some shrubbery and Mary went to look, telling the other women she saw a slope in front of her.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

Light jazz played from unseen speakers in a grassy landscape ribboned with walkways and dotted with drought-tolerant shrubbery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

The trees and shrubbery of the woods were already half dead—a tinder- box ready to light up.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

This will then be used on landscaping projects and shrubberies across the Royal Parks.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

‘Flamboyance: A Topiary Menagerie’ A leisurely stroll through South Coast Botanic Garden will reveal more than 100 trees and shrubberies sculpted to look like flamingos, monkeys, dolphins and other creatures great and small.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

Save for some dangling black lampshade tassels on Laura Dern’s shell pink Armani Privé, and what looked like small shrubberies on Sandra Oh’s shoulders courtesy of Elie Saab, the decorative froufrou had been streamlined.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2020

There is a VIP area, hidden by shrubberies, located between the restrooms and one of the boring machines.

From The Verge ● Dec. 19, 2018

The wind was rustling and whispering through the shrubberies round the house; it had the scent in it of untimely violets, mingled with a faint fragrance of the distant sea.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Ada Cambridge


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