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shrubbery

[shruhb-uh-ree] / ˈʃrʌb ə ri /
NOUN
shrubs
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He showed them some shrubbery and Mary, who went to look, "fell in a hole".

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

When hearing his voice, some attempt to reach through the shrubbery while others make a run for the back stairs in hopes of seeing him.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2025

Police arrested him after noticing the tip of a rifle poking through shrubbery a few hundred yards away from Trump who was inside the golf course.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2024

A witness saw a man running out of the shrubbery and jumping into a black Nissan, Bradshaw said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2024

For all I knew he was going to rob the house in a moment; I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister faces, the faces of "Wolfshiem's people," behind him in the dark shrubbery.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

One of the most beautiful gardens I ever knew depended almost entirely on the arrangement of its lawns and shrubberies.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.




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