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willow

[wil-oh] / ˈwɪl oʊ /


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"The conservation volunteers have been preparing the site by creating ponds and planting willow," Thallon said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The infested willow plants were sold in 15 counties, mostly across Southern and Central California between June 24 and July 3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

They also note that many of the willow plots compared between 2001 and 2020 were not the same locations.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

At the center of the debate is a claim that willow crown volume increased by 1,500 percent following wolf recovery.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

I took out my trowel and walked past each blue willow.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

She has planted meadows, willows, hedgerows, tussocky grasses and late-flowering crops to give insects food through the summer.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Among them, the height to volume model was applied to heavily browsed willows with unusual growth forms, even though the model was not designed for such distorted shapes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

The vast Grand Palais exhibition space in central Paris was transformed into an enchanted forest populated by giant mushrooms and pink weeping willows as stars from Nicole Kidman to Dua Lipa looked on.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

The water is low, but clear, lined with the shade of willows.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

He had Farhad and Muhsin dig a deep hole a hundred yards outside the circle of willows and built an outhouse over it.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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