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underbrush

[uhn-der-bruhsh] / ˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ /


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Each day, I made the three-mile round trip to inspect the warblers, chipmunks and generally mysterious rustlings of the underbrush.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

Unimpressed, a group of tweens on the walk delved deeper into the rain-soaked underbrush, pointing out specimens faster than Purry could identify them.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

In 2022, around 11,000 acres were “treated” with underbrush removal, selective logging and preplanned burning.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

He must have been telling the little monkeys not to eat us completely up—to save a little for the next time—because they turned us loose and disappeared in the underbrush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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