gorse
Example Sentences
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"I forgot to change the ball and promptly hit it into the gorse, never to be seen again," David said of his first hole-in-one on the fourth hole at the Open Championship venue in Hoylake.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Thompson added there are "numerous smaller gorse fires going on" across Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Crews were called to tackle a large gorse blaze on the Edinburgh landmark on Sunday, which the fire service believe was caused by human activity.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
These cliffs hide the strip of gorse scrubland which runs east to the larger resort of Lagos, and are dotted with derelict, abandoned agricultural buildings and houses, marked with missing roofs and chipped plaster.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
There was someone on the other side of the gorse bush, watching him.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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