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gorse

[gawrs] / gɔrs /




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In April 2010 major damage was caused to woodland outside Annalong during a deliberate gorse fire.

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

Meanwhile, in the Scottish Borders firefighters worked overnight on a 600m by 50m section of gorse near the the A70 Tweedsmuir.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025

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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