shrubs

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More excited about shows than shrubs, Langley dropped out and moved to Nashville in the summer of 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Though they have found shrubs, only some are seed-producing females and these take three years to ripen.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

COLCHESTER, Vt.—The financial troubles at St. Michael’s College hit home for biology professor Declan McCabe when he noticed Buckthorn shrubs encroaching on walking trails near the house of the campus president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They build burrows at the base of shrubs or in spaces between rocks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Since eucalyptuses are particularly resistant to fire, they spread far and wide while other trees and shrubs disappeared.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari