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Recent Examples of canebrake
Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake.
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Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S.
—Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
—Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
—Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
—Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
The canebrake wrens use their elaborate duets to defend territory and attract mates.
—Tarpley Hitt, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
The venomous canebrake rattlesnake dwells in the woods throughout most of the state, particularly hardwood forests.
—Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S.
—Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
—Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
—Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
—Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
The canebrake wrens use their elaborate duets to defend territory and attract mates.
—Tarpley Hitt, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
The venomous canebrake rattlesnake dwells in the woods throughout most of the state, particularly hardwood forests.
—Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canebrake
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The grizzly boiled out of the thicket and came plowing uphill at a dead run, ready to tackle all nine of us.—
Howard Copenhaver,
Outdoor Life,
23 Apr. 2025
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MoffettNathanson noted the thicket of issues that Apple has to navigate regarding tariffs — and that the company is caught in the middle because of China’s importance in the global electronics supply chain.—
Kevin Williams,
Quartz,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hazardous fire areas were considered to be at greater risk for wildfire due to their proximity to highly flammable vegetation including the native chaparral that is present in many areas of Poway’s open spaces.—
Christian Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wildfires are part of the life cycle of forests and the chaparral, which burn with regularity to regenerate themselves and have occurred long before humans populated the Golden State.—
Hugo A Loaiciga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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Over the subsequent decades, Earth Day has spread around the globe as more and more countries call for environmental regulations to protect the planet’s air, water, forests and wildlife from industrial pollution and greenhouse gases that are harming our climate.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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In Singapore, entire skyscrapers are now wrapped in vertical forests, a concept pioneered by architect Stefano Boeri.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In 2022, General Motors GM.N filed a petition with NHTSA seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls such as brake pedals or mirrors.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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When one team brakes and another wants to speed ahead, the instinct might be to force alignment.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The search for the vaunted gourmet fungi takes place on a local family’s private woodland and is followed by a four-course tasting menu studded with your finds.—
Vivian Song,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2025
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The company wants to rezone more than 80 acres of woodlands near Metacomet Road and Pinnacle Rock in Plainville to allow gravel mining.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Canebrake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canebrake. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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