leafy
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Meanwhile in the shires, the sheer demand for data centres sees pressure to expand provision from Slough, into the leafy countryside.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
She’s talking on a sunny morning on the leafy rooftop of a five-star hotel in Paris, with views of the Centre Pompidou and bells clanging from a 16th-century church nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
For years, Richmond was known as one of London’s most charming residential enclaves—a peaceful riverside neighborhood filled with independent shops, cozy pubs, and leafy parks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ediacaran organisms came in many unfamiliar forms, including flat discs, leafy shapes, and ribbed ovals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Undersea forests of tall, leafy stems swayed with the movement of the waves and made a rich habitat for sea creatures.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
When the prestigious Queen Elizabeth’s School accepted him at the age of 11, the family moved into a safer, leafier neighborhood a few miles north.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Linda Deegan, who had studied coastal ecology at the Marine Biological laboratory in Woodshole, Massachusetts found that overbalance of nitrogen makes marsh plants grow taller and leafier, but with fewer, weaker roots.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021
The leaves are looking leafier, the vines more prolific.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
Stand the leaves up against the side of the bowl so the sturdier white parts are soaking directly in the brine and the leafier green parts are out of the brine.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020
The ground we’re running on is getting a bit steeper side to side, taking us thru leafier, lighter trees and first closer to the river and then away from it again as we run.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
In recent months, a string of similar incidents in some of Sydney's leafiest and wealthiest suburbs has baffled a nation rather attached to its bushland.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
Maps indicate the leafiest blocks in the city, based on the latest tree census, as well as parks and playgrounds with sprinklers and water fountains.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
It doesn’t seem too long ago that an annual salary of $77,832 would be more than enough to keep a family of four happy and safe in the loveliest house in the leafiest suburb.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Despite his being so associated with concrete, glass and gold, Jamaica Estates is one of the leafiest suburbs of New York, counting nearly 6,000 trees.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2016
Let us rest In this bright, sheltered nook, now blest With broad noon sunshine over all, Though here June's leafiest shadows fall.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
