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- noun Plural form of
spruce . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
spruce .
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Examples
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She is a teacher at a junior college, which kind of spruces junior colleges up.
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DuPont last week said it was considering removing the product from the market after an EPA investigation found it inadvertently harming nearby Norway spruces and white pines.
EPA Acts Against DuPont Weed-Killer Drew FitzGerald 2011
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"I have become quite fond of the Alpine spruces," he says.
True Artistry Born of Craftsmanship Corinna da 2011
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Disney's animation salon spruces up the Rapunzel fairytale.
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On July 22, he set off a car bomb that killed eight people in downtown Oslo's government district, then drove north to a youth camp on Utoya, a small lake island set amid a quiet countryside of pines and spruces.
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He measured with his eye spruces five and six feet in diameter and redwoods even larger.
Chapter VIII 2010
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All was garmented by vegetation, from tiny maiden-hair and gold-back ferns to mighty redwood and Douglas spruces.
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This time he spruces up cottage pie with butternut squash and turkey mince, agonises over basil that's not basily enough and cooks an updated beans on toast.
Tonight's TV highlights Martin Skegg 2010
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From among the gloomy spruces came the light carolling of Fairfax's voice.
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It was replanted with spruces and pines that grow quickly, but this meant the loss of much wild-life because the habitat had changed.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » The Other Side of Center Parcs 2009
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