vegetation
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Its dry climate and sparse vegetation leave fossil-bearing rocks exposed, while its geology contains sedimentary layers of the right age to preserve dinosaur remains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“My fire chief says that all vegetation, native or otherwise, is fuel that could explode in a fire,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
This summer, a combination of dry air, strong winds and dry vegetation turned the area into a “little bomb,” said Jean Jacques Maurin, a local tree farmer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ministers have brought in the licences to make moorland more "environmentally sustainable", but Scottish Land and Estates say the practice is a valuable tool for reducing vegetation which can act as fuel to a wildfire.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Everything around was still dripping, and the air was as wet as a sodden sponge, full of the smells of dank vegetation, of rot, of earth crawling with worms.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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But because the wetlands are destroyed, vegetations are destroyed, the little water bodies are now being encroached upon.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 17, 2021
Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and spinners moving just a bit shallower on warm days feeding near vegetations.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
Black bass are good with vegetations early on topwater, but overall the afternoon is when you want to be fishing.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Black bass are good with rocks, vegetations, and drops.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Clothes never dried: tweed and woolen coats housed living things, sometimes sprouted mysterious vegetations.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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