greensward
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Houston’s, or a solitary elder’s transition to a cemetery’s greensward.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2022
As he passed the luminous greensward of Keble College’s cricket field, players in their whites could be seen throwing up their arms as a wicket was taken.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 17, 2018
The normally nocturnal animals cantered across the greensward and into the thick woods on the perimeter.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 31, 2018
“I think it’s a surprise,” said Alan Steel, president and chief executive officer of the Javits Convention Center, strolling across the greensward that sprawls over the roof.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2015
At the south end of the greensward there was an opening.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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