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thicket

[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /
NOUN
dense growth of small trees or bushes
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To make this photo I crawled into a thicket of ferns at the Sunset Marquis Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Museums trying to upgrade the security of historic buildings have to navigate a thicket of bureaucracy to secure permits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

A thicket of partnerships has sprung up in autonomous driving, with Uber also working with Waymo in US cities Austin and Atlanta, and with China's WeRide in Gulf locations such as Abu Dhabi.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

England's chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty has cautioned against creating a system that would risk terminally ill patients being "stuck in a bureaucratic thicket" in their final months of life.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Ama unleashes an Adinkra spell that sprouts a gigantic wall of ferns, blocking the thorned thicket on the other side.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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