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

He will be checking on certain energetic perennials that his compositions rely on: Without editing, they will overgrow their territories, throwing off the weight of a design.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

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

The vines of a single zucchini or butternut squash can easily overgrow your entire raised bed.

From Salon ● May 22, 2022

The time seemed near when the sea-weed should overgrow her silent Rialto, and the fisherman wash his nets in her deserted arsenal.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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

From the tangle of roses, sweet fern and bayberry that overgrew the fields the note of a thrush rose clear on the quiet air.

From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware

Weeds overgrew the bases of the pillars, and grass had encroached upon all but a narrow ribbon scored by wheel-ruts along the noble drive.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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

Simulating big things allowed the young man to belittle many noble facts in nature, thus stunting his manly growth, and overgrowing this chilling pessimism with smart retorts.

From Cupology How to Be Entertaining by Clara

It’s true that many decades of poor land management have resulted in overgrown forests in Canada, but the same goes for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"If we wait, probably in three years, we will not have this landscape as we see it today," environmental activist Zenepa Lika told AFP as she stood above the overgrown channels which crisscross the site.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

In September 2025, the Shrine Pool could have been an overgrown hiking trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The playground is overgrown, and the modular buildings stand quiet and empty.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Finn saw a crumbling porch first; then a weedy, overgrown yard; and then the tall fences blocking off the houses on either side.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix