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They added logs and woody debris to the water to create deep pools and other places for baby fish to hide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Because wood stores carbon for such long periods, understanding how much of the carbon captured through photosynthesis ultimately becomes woody biomass is critical for estimating how forests help slow climate change.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

But a few weeks into its growth cycle it becomes woody and stiff, thorny, unpalatable and, rapidly, enormous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

In woody surroundings south of the French capital, Paris-Saclay University's campus provides a fertile training ground for future artificial intelligence experts, whose skills are coveted at home and abroad.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

The object of selective spraying is not to produce grass on roadsides and rights-of-way but to eliminate the tall woody plants by direct treatment and to preserve all other vegetation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

"They probably are cost-effective, rather than feeding each lizard three or four woodies, which are quite small, you could only give them one."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Amateur racers, pimped-out coupes, woodies and ragtops, sedate sedans and souped-up hot rods, all shared the brand-new, wide-open freeways and boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Instead, he only makes the panels, and only for the popular 1949 to 1951 Ford woodies.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2019

Still, some parks invest in new woodies, where the suspense doesn’t come from wondering whether the rickety rails will survive the ride.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013

The woodies and weeds will be held back through early spring mowing and burning, timed to protect the meadow’s cycles of insect and bird life.

From Washington Post

The longer they sit, the tougher and woodier they can become: Like ears of fresh corn, the sooner you can cook okra after picking, the sweeter and plumper it will be.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

But the trees are mostly beaten back with an annual cutting by a Bush Hogmower or in woodier areas a beefier machine called a forestry mulcher.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

But the trees are mostly beaten back with an annual cutting by a Bush Hog mower or in woodier areas a beefier machine called a forestry mulcher.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018

Analysis of the island's plant life and its soil show that it has seen a major shift to bigger, woodier vegetation in the 100 years since the goats started stripping the undergrowth.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2014

Thus the plant clings to other woodier stems and climbs vicariously.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard

Snap off the woodiest parts of the asparagus and roughly chop these, setting the stalks aside for the moment.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016