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shrubbery

[shruhb-uh-ree] / ˈʃrʌb ə ri /
NOUN
shrubs
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Hey, there might be one more second over there, hiding in the shrubbery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

As I stood in the shrubbery near her window, Cindy waved her hand this way and that, directing me from inside about the best spot for the feeding station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Others put up fences and prickly shrubbery to deter loiterers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Regan took it and shoved it unceremoniously into the perfectly trimmed shrubbery next to us.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

This will then be used on landscaping projects and shrubberies across the Royal Parks.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

‘Flamboyance: A Topiary Menagerie’ A leisurely stroll through South Coast Botanic Garden will reveal more than 100 trees and shrubberies sculpted to look like flamingos, monkeys, dolphins and other creatures great and small.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

Save for some dangling black lampshade tassels on Laura Dern’s shell pink Armani Privé, and what looked like small shrubberies on Sandra Oh’s shoulders courtesy of Elie Saab, the decorative froufrou had been streamlined.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2020

There is a VIP area, hidden by shrubberies, located between the restrooms and one of the boring machines.

From The Verge ● Dec. 19, 2018

Then there is a fernery—part of it roofed in, and part running down through the shrubberies on one side.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Ada Cambridge


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