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

With all its attractions and success, the new Kṛishṇaism did not everywhere overgrow the older stock upon which it had been engrafted.

From Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India by Barnett, Lionel D.

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

Ivy overgrew this; below a wide and ragged breach a pine had set its roots in the hillside.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

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

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 Swinburne, Algernon Charles

"It rained a lot this winter; the pastures were very overgrown," Rodriguez said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Shag carpet covered original terra-cotta floors, high-gloss paint coated nearly every wooden surface and overgrown weeds crowded the yard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Power outages from overgrown limbs have long plagued Metro Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

“So is lying around here waiting to be snatched away by some overgrown bracelet!”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia