overgrow

We moved on to his backyard, where mi tío had trimmed hedges that the previous owner let overgrow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

Don’t let plants overgrow them, and make sure no dirt or debris is getting in.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

People who take high doses of antibiotics tend to lose many of their normal gut bacteria, allowing a naturally antibiotic-resistant species called Clostridium difficile to overgrow and cause severe gastric problems, especially chronic diarrhea.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Mr Merrick, who was from Leicester, is thought to have had a condition called Proteus syndrome which can cause tissue to overgrow.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2021

Where the soil is not deep enough for trees to root securely, bushes and heathers overgrow the ground, and compete with their bell-shaped blossoms for the coveted favour of bees and butterflies.

From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen

A few days of stubble almost overgrew a soul patch under his lip, like weeds overtaking a garden.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016

Grass overgrew "South Penn" embankments, saplings pushed their way through its rock ballast and water seeped higher and higher over the rubble of the tunnels.

From Time Magazine Archive

It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes; black, where the dry soil bore only heath.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Time, however, overgrew this softness with the rough bark of manhood, and but few knew how living and fresh it still lay at the core.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

If roses overgrew the wheat, we should dub them weeds, and root them out.

From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

Researchers speculate that people may have brought the rodent to California as a natural remedy to battle overgrowing vegetation or simply because they liked them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

We are witnessing a population of infant black holes overgrowing their nurseries and flourishing faster than expected in the distant, early universe.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

"To walk on the roads because the path isn't safe because of all the hemlock and vegetation overgrowing, they're being put in this really difficult and unsafe position," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

Both animals are being used to munch overgrowing vegetation and fertilize the soil to “rewild” the landscapes.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2023

The pre-existent spirit here well-nigh disappears under stifling folds of vegetable leaf and animal incrustation of overgrowing husk.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Forest Service, are overgrown because of decades of fire suppression, and that thinning them out through controlled burns would help reduce the amount of water absorbed by upland vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"These audits must identify broken streetlights, overgrown public spaces, abandoned buildings, unsafe transport routes and facilities, poorly secured parks, and other conditions that place women at risk."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

It remainsfenced-off, with trash and graffitiand with overgrown vines covering tributes to Kennedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The winding and narrow nature of the road and the overgrown trees and bushes make it unsafe to drive fast.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“You took out the entire horde, and I could barely handle one overgrown furball.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer