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bosks

noun

variants also bosques

plural of bosk

as in bushes

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators

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Noun

According to the call log, a witness told police a vehicle was traveling at a high speed, suddenly hit the brakes and went off the roadway, down an embankment.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Hitting the brakes and handing control to the federal government just insures that China and other adversaries will leave us in the dust.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

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All 150 king rooms have private terraces, with pale woods and décor in cool taupe shades, while some of the suites have plunge pools, private gardens or two bedrooms.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
As far as Marschall knew, no dendrochronologist had ever studied these woods before.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of woods

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Expanding fires and heavy smoke left them with no safe route back to larger forests before they were evacuated in early September, Suciadi said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Instead, it’s comprised of five—Sani Beach, Sani Asterias, Porto Sani, Sani Dunes, and Sani Club—stretched out across a slip of sandy beach backed by pine forests on the northwestern Aegean.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of forests

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The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
In Turmus Ayya, a village northeast of Ramallah, Mayor Nawaf Zghoul said settlers early Friday had burned several cars in the hamlet’s surrounding olive groves.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of groves

Noun

Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Cue an enthralling chase sequence, doubling back through those higgledy-piggledy Portland streetscapes, toward the woods — the impenetrable thickets and thorns of which magically part in her presence.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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