thicket
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The pair try to evade the bison by running through a thicket of trees, but the animal eventually caught Isom-McDaniel.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Along a remote stretch of the north Somerset coast, views of rolling hills and farmhouses are suddenly interrupted by a thicket of construction cranes.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
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
A nonprofit credit counselor can help you navigate the thicket of options that different creditors might offer on different types of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
I dragged through a thicket of black trouser legs and satin knee britches and billowing skirts.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Moreover, “Anemone” teasingly delves into a paternal legacy— the price sons pay for inheriting their fathers’ flaws—as it considers the moral thickets of Britain’s late-20th-century history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Pygmy slow loris are a species of primate that comes from the rainforests and bamboo thickets of Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Caruso, 66, has deep experience in building — or attempting to build — in cities across the region and navigating thickets of red tape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
Traveling along the Paraná, Darwin observed thickets which “afford a retreat for capybaras and jaguars. The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.”
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
There were no bodies in the pool, no giggling from the darkness of the pavilion, no shushing from the shadows of the bamboo thickets.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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