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Recent Examples of overgrow
If your jade plant is overgrown, prune it back gradually—just one or two branches at a time—over several seasons to get it under control again.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
There was no stream, though the place where one used to be was overgrown with thick, hard, tawny grass, like a scar.
—Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Farmhands in the distance are harvesting hay, not only to provide winter fodder for animals but also to destroy seedling trees and shrubs that might otherwise overgrow the area, while distant plumes of smoke suggest the possible burning of fields after harvest for the same reason.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
There was no stream, though the place where one used to be was overgrown with thick, hard, tawny grass, like a scar.
—Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The visual opens with a scene of a grey, dystopian city in ruins, with thunder cracking and ominous black birds soaring over crumbling buildings overgrown with vegetation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Farmhands in the distance are harvesting hay, not only to provide winter fodder for animals but also to destroy seedling trees and shrubs that might otherwise overgrow the area, while distant plumes of smoke suggest the possible burning of fields after harvest for the same reason.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrow
Verb
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Myriad small-scale efforts of mutual aid and support have proliferated.—
Harry Boyte,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Cases are proliferating in a Mexican state that borders Texas, with the pest having escaped containment by an international eradication program that banished it for decades.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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For an actress who thrives in the smallest movements, that may be her greatest strength.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Libraries thrive when special events or new displays pop up.—
Jess deCourcy Hinds
February 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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But expecting that dogs will fill the social and emotional gaps in our lives is actually an obstacle to dogs’ flourishing, and human flourishing as well.—
Margret Grebowicz,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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With a wide range of cuisines — from African‑Caribbean to French‑Asian pastries, Korean fried chicken to French and Japanese cuisines under one roof — Des Moines is flourishing as a culinary destination.—
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger,
Des Moines Register,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Overgrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrow. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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