vegetation

Example Sentences

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Determined to retrieve it, the hunter followed that trail through dense vegetation until he eventually found the elephant dead.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Linh told The Times she will push for mandatory modernization of utility infrastructure to prevent power lines from sparking fires, invest in forest and vegetation management and modernize water infrastructure and early warning systems.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

These include underpasses beneath roads and “green bridges,” covered with vegetation, that are more like a hedge.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

After years of debate between fire officials seeking total vegetation removal within the first 5 feet of homes and ecologists backing selective landscaping, California proposed a compromise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

‘The temperature,” said Archimedes, “depends on the vegetation of the bottom. Woods or weeds, they make it warm above them.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White