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gorse

[gawrs] / gɔrs /




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"I forgot to change the ball and promptly hit it into the gorse, never to be seen again," David said of his first hole-in-one on the fourth hole at the Open Championship venue in Hoylake.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Covering 57,000 hectares of peatland, gorse, heathland, and forest, the Mournes stretches from Northern Ireland's tallest mountain Slieve Donard, to the coastline of County Down.

From BBC May 2, 2026

It was farmer Dave Matthews who found the skeletal remains of a man who became known as Some Mother's Son while cutting gorse near Tregantle Fort in Cornwall in 1982.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Thompson added there are "numerous smaller gorse fires going on" across Northern Ireland.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

And he followed his brother into a thick copse of fern and gorse.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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