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shrubbery

[shruhb-uh-ree] / ˈʃrʌb ə ri /
NOUN
shrubs
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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, who went to look, "fell in a hole".

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

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

She quickly sprayed down shrubbery she could reach, saw a neighbor on his roof doing the same, then grabbed her purse, and opened the door and gates so the fire department would have access.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

It stood in a large, well-tended garden, with shrubbery at one side and a gravel drive sweeping up to the front door.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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

There are few trees or shrubs which have contributed more to adorn our plantations, and shrubberies, than those of this genus, nine species of which are enumerated in the Hort.

From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 9 or, Flower-Garden Displayed by William Eleroy Curtis




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