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We are introduced to a former housemaid, who, before being diagnosed as insane, was “up before dawn with scuttle bucket and shovel, home in the dark to the thatch dripping soot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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 carrots and daikon are on the sweet side, contrasting nicely with the copious amounts of sliced jalapeño and a heavy thatch of cilantro.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 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

“We must thatch our roof before the night,” I said.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Thurman is a natural at intoning amid the wispy thatches of underscoring, and she sometimes tries to inject some attitude into the dry libretto.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

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

It thatches the sloping rocks, frond overlapping frond like roof shingles.

From The Yosemite by John Muir

Most Baiga houses have low mud walls, rough timber and bamboo, and tiled or thatched roofs patched with plastic against the rain.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

The building was made from locally gathered clay and peat, with sedge grass for its thatched roof.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

A group of young people sheltered under a thatched hut by the side of the road, absorbed in a game of poker.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

The flames on the thatched roofs waved us off as they danced with the afternoon breeze, swaying as if in agony.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

"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

He ran a business selling bamboo and roof thatching, but someone wrongly accused him of supporting the paramilitary Arsa.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2019

Nhamo made her way to a stand of thatching grass to fetch more bedding.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer