weeds
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Perhaps best known as the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide, glyphosate is one of the most commonly used methods of handling weeds on farms and elsewhere.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
I went to them to look for the pretty weeds and wildflowers that grew in between the rows of people who lived lives long and short before me.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026
The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course — onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars — gone or overgrown with weeds.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
“Those who are deep into the weeds on the traditional finance/crypto convergence are nerding out over it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
There was nothing in that direction but broken pavement, strewn with weeds and trash the Bear Clan Patrol didn’t let the youths clean up.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.