overgrown

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Overgrown grass yellows in the hot desert sun.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

Overgrown brown brush and invasive grass cropped up around these developments.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Movements from Janacek’s mercurial, dreamy, sometimes nightmarish suite “On an Overgrown Path” were inserted among the other pieces.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2020

Overgrown with weeds and clearly neglected, Dale Earnhardt Jr. last year led a group of volunteers in cleaning the speedway so it could be mapped for use in iRacing.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2020

Overgrown they are with grass, Short, green grass, thick and velvety, Like well cared-for lawns, With strange, wild flowers glittering, Made up of alien mould Brought hither from distant regions.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various