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Surrounded by floodwaters, their hamlet of thatch and mud homes had been battling a massive outbreak of cholera, a deadly disease spread by poor sanitation.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
The frequent cutting also reduces thatch buildup and creates healthier, thicker grass, while minimizing the use of pesticides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Built-up thatch can prevent a sprinkler from popping up or popping up to its full height.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
A second pass occurs in the later, dry season to remove what’s known as thatch from the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
I turned and looked back at the thatch.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Thurman is a natural at intoning amid the wispy thatches of underscoring, and she sometimes tries to inject some attitude into the dry libretto.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
Bryson DeChambeau fought the wind blowing in from the English Channel and the thick thatches of rough at Royal St. George’s.
From Fox News ● Jul. 15, 2021
Bryson DeChambeau’s new muscles were no match for the wind blowing in from the English Channel and the thick thatches of rough at Royal St. George’s.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
Six women raise their hands, flashing thick thatches of unshorn underarm hair.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021
It had been too long since the roof thatches had been replaced.
From The Weakling by H. R. van Dongen
Many of Raja's community, more widely known as the Onge, still live in near isolation in neat thatched homes on stilts in coastal forests.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one?
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Hotel staff cordoned off Tysoe’s lounger, running yellow-and-black police tape from thatched beach umbrella to thatched beach umbrella.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The homes are filled with quirky leaded glass windows, uneven angles and heaps of wood shingles, resembling a thatched straw roof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Taran followed the ancient man out of the forge, across the chicken run, and into the white, thatched cottage.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
"People were still thatching roofs and replanting," she said, warning that "for those communities, it will be even harder to reset".
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
And crafts can be up for consideration, such as basket-weaving, thatching and the art of creating tartan and tweed.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
The effect of the thatching — a discrete work in itself, called “Facade” — is startling and has drawn enormous online attention.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
Endless cross thatching in a bowl of noodles, meat, and cheese, that may or may not hold together when you invert the whole concoction onto a plate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2019
A woman who used to go out to cut grass for thatching once came across a place where there was a great deal of grass.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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