weed

Example Sentences

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There were plants to prop up that had toppled over in the wind, weeds to pull, strawberries to nibble, and a huge bunch of bananas just green enough to pick.

From Literature

I went to them to look for the pretty weeds and wildflowers that grew in between the rows of people who lived lives long and short before me.

From Salon

The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course — onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars — gone or overgrown with weeds.

From Los Angeles Times

Not so long ago, institutional investors thought their private-equity holdings should be left to grow unhindered—not subjected to regular weeding.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the time, the Department of Homeland Security denied his shoulder had been dislocated and blasted Barranco on social media, accusing him of assaulting federal law enforcement with a weed whacker.

From Los Angeles Times