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Surrounded by floodwaters, their hamlet of thatch and mud homes had been battling a massive outbreak of cholera, a deadly disease spread by poor sanitation.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

The frequent cutting also reduces thatch buildup and creates healthier, thicker grass, while minimizing the use of pesticides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

In this case, simply cutting the thatch away from the sprinkler head can solve the problem.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

A second pass occurs in the later, dry season to remove what’s known as thatch from the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Covering the poles were hides and rags and in some places patches of straw thatch.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Bryson DeChambeau fought the wind blowing in from the English Channel and the thick thatches of rough at Royal St. George’s.

From Fox News ● Jul. 15, 2021

Bryson DeChambeau’s new muscles were no match for the wind blowing in from the English Channel and the thick thatches of rough at Royal St. George’s.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

Six women raise their hands, flashing thick thatches of unshorn underarm hair.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021

In the other direction, renters outnumber homeowners living in bungalows and simple two-story houses with thatches of neat front lawns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020

Their sun-baked faces were overhung with thatches of streaked blond hair, and one restless arm, throwing off the sodden cover, partly exposed the child's day attire, an unclean denim blouse tucked into overalls.

From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson

The faint cry of protesters could be heard in the distance as Charles visited Umana Yana, a thatched hut and traditional Indigenous gathering place.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Carney homestead, located in the townland of Ayle, was a standard rural dwelling of the time: a thatched cottage with two windows in the front.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Many of Raja's community, more widely known as the Onge, still live in near isolation in neat thatched homes on stilts in coastal forests.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one?

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Hold-Your-Nose Billy pushed aside a low branch, revealing a rickety timbered hut with a moldy thatched roof.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

"People were still thatching roofs and replanting," she said, warning that "for those communities, it will be even harder to reset".

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

And crafts can be up for consideration, such as basket-weaving, thatching and the art of creating tartan and tweed.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

The effect of the thatching — a discrete work in itself, called “Facade” — is startling and has drawn enormous online attention.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

Endless cross thatching in a bowl of noodles, meat, and cheese, that may or may not hold together when you invert the whole concoction onto a plate.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2019

“Thank goodness! Nhamo, cut some thatching grass. We need it for bedding.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer