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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

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

It was gold, and it was the thatch of the bridge across the Gjaller River, across which all who die must travel.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

The man does not explain what he is doing as he frames the structure or as he thatches the roof with palm fronds and vines; in fact, he doesn’t talk at all.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 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

In a state of Nature man makes direct use of their branches for weaving his tent, and he thatches it with their leaves.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

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

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

It’s hot and muggy outside, but the thatched roof keeps it cool indoors.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

"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

Rain spattered his skin, coming in cold where palm thatching was already tearing away under the increasing battery of the winds.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi