willow
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"The conservation volunteers have been preparing the site by creating ponds and planting willow," Thallon said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Dams have been made with willow wood from pond restoration projects on the Attingham estate.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The infested willow plants were sold in 15 counties, mostly across Southern and Central California between June 24 and July 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
At the center of the debate is a claim that willow crown volume increased by 1,500 percent following wolf recovery.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Half-filling Renn’s cooking skin with water, he hung it by the fire; then, using a split branch, he dropped in red-hot stones to heat it up, and added the plucked and jointed willow grouse.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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She has planted meadows, willows, hedgerows, tussocky grasses and late-flowering crops to give insects food through the summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Among them, the height to volume model was applied to heavily browsed willows with unusual growth forms, even though the model was not designed for such distorted shapes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
The vast Grand Palais exhibition space in central Paris was transformed into an enchanted forest populated by giant mushrooms and pink weeping willows as stars from Nicole Kidman to Dua Lipa looked on.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
The water is low, but clear, lined with the shade of willows.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
I watched the leaves on the blue willows twirl, silver to blue, blue to silver.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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Vocabulary from Readings 3, Unit 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 3, Unit 1
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"The Blue and the Gray" by Francis Miles Finch
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