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underbrush

[uhn-der-bruhsh] / ˈʌn dərˌbrʌʃ /


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Each day, I made the three-mile round trip to inspect the warblers, chipmunks and generally mysterious rustlings of the underbrush.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

At one fishing spot, a big mama iguana and eight babies scramble into the underbrush; it felt like a scene from “Jurassic Park.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

In 2022, around 11,000 acres were “treated” with underbrush removal, selective logging and preplanned burning.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

I turned around, as Yakov had done—I knew it, I felt it—but Frankie was the only person to emerge from the underbrush.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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