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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

Built-up thatch can prevent a sprinkler from popping up or popping up to its full height.

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

I reached into the thatch, feeling the thick straw dig into my skin and under one of my nails.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

Why, that's something yet; thou hast nothing but a few scars and a little old fame to trust to; and that scarce thatches your head.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley

What sparked the early-morning blaze is not yet known, but an initial investigation found the flames spread quickly due to wind conditions and the flammable nature of the thatched roofs on some buildings.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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 original club, a brick single-story structure with a thatched roof built in 1887, was financed by selling shares to potential members for the equivalent of $13 each, worth around $2,860 today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

The homes are filled with quirky leaded glass windows, uneven angles and heaps of wood shingles, resembling a thatched straw roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

"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

Monomatapa’s people went on in their timeless way, farming, hunting and thatching their round huts when the season of long grass was upon them.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer