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gorse

[gawrs] / gɔrs /




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It has been doing that through grazing cattle, which eat the vegetation, while in other areas land managers have used machines to cut and mulch the grass, gorse, bracken and heather.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"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

In April 2010 major damage was caused to woodland outside Annalong during a deliberate gorse fire.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Thompson added there are "numerous smaller gorse fires going on" across Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

And he followed his brother into a thick copse of fern and gorse.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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