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canebrakes

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plural of canebrake

as in brakes

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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
The brakes are your primary safety system – even more important than the ability to speed up.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
Tony Kushner's screenplay turns the thickets of policymaking into a righteous sort of poetry.

— Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026

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Royce Ben Jameson was arrested on suspicion of the offense of firing woods or prairie and third-degree criminal trespass.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
According to a medical examiner, the infant had likely been in the woods for only about 12 hours before being discovered.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of woods

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One of Santa Fe’s most beautiful trails is the Aspen Vista Trail, a six-mile route that leads you through aspen forests to the top of Aspen Ski Basin.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
The medieval island is located off Croatia's Dalmatian coast and is nicknamed 'Black Corfu' by ancient Greeks due to the island's dense forests.

— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of forests

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The best spots for birdwatching are the trails and 1,000-foot-long boardwalk within the 164 acres of woodlands that make up the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, on the island’s eastern side.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
Head to Lanhydrock—a quintessential Cornish country house set across nearly 1,000 acres of glorious gardens and woodlands.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of woodlands

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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.

— Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

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