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thicket

[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /
NOUN
dense growth of small trees or bushes
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The pair try to evade the bison by running through a thicket of trees, but the animal eventually caught Isom-McDaniel.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The trade-off for markets, and indeed for the economy as a whole, is whether a Warsh-led Fed, and its pursuit of independence, can navigate the thicket of complexity expected over the coming year.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Along a remote stretch of the north Somerset coast, views of rolling hills and farmhouses are suddenly interrupted by a thicket of construction cranes.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2026

Museums trying to upgrade the security of historic buildings have to navigate a thicket of bureaucracy to secure permits.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

Dropping to the ground, she crouched in a thicket of oleanders planted just under the window.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Participants spend months learning how to plant orchards, raise free-range livestock and tap syrup from the thickets of maple and sycamore trees.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

Pygmy slow loris are a species of primate that comes from the rainforests and bamboo thickets of Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

Caruso, 66, has deep experience in building — or attempting to build — in cities across the region and navigating thickets of red tape.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2025

Traveling along the Paraná, Darwin observed thickets which “afford a retreat for capybaras and jaguars. The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.”

From Salon Sep. 7, 2024

And he followed that fear as a hunter follows the signs, the broad, blunt, clawed tracks of the bear, that may at any moment turn on him from the thickets.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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