as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer
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as in to slow
to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us
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Recent Examples of brake
Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026
Everything about driving the EX30 came naturally, including adjusting to its one-pedal deceleration, which brought it to a predictable stop without my touching the brake pedal.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
The most striking feature was an e-Pedal Step button, which, when activated, caused the car to decelerate and brake automatically, as soon as the gas pedal was released, allowing for one-pedal driving.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Never use the brakes suddenly because this may cause the car to skid.
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Troopers believed that Blair hit the couple’s SUV at 55 mph without braking, since no marks were found on the highway, the complaint said.
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In Southern California, Ojai is a serene haven of spiritual retreats, boutique shopping, and lush orange groves.—
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At Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, a rich marine habitat and trails through dense groves await.—
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Embiid played in his fifth consecutive game contest since being slowed by early season injuries.—
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Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction.—
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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.—
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
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Now the birds’ favored nesting habitats, the native pisonia trees and octopus bushes, are back.—
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The tracks of Eastern cottontail are also a common sight — especially near thickets of chokecherry, elderberry and other bushes that provide safe shelter.—
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Some thought the mystery bore a direct relation to the green tangle that tightly encircled the two dozen shacks balanced precariously between the rain forest and the yellowish waters.—
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Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.—
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Woody plants that bloom on old wood should not be cut back in the fall.—
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Snag it in black, white, green, blue, or maple or walnut wood stains in sizes ranging from 4 by 4 inches to 8 by 10 inches.—
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The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.—
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That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.—
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The tracks of Eastern cottontail are also a common sight — especially near thickets of chokecherry, elderberry and other bushes that provide safe shelter.—
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But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.—
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“Brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brake. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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