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mountain everlasting

British  

noun

  1. another name for cat's-foot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This dual action of maintaining existing friendships while forming new ones underscores the importance of social cohesion in group-living animals.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

They noted that money saved from the slow progress of the new flood defence projects could have been spent on maintaining existing infrastructure.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law injected $6 billion toward maintaining existing nuclear power plants.

From Salon • May 10, 2023

The revenue generated could be used for other purposes, such as updating or maintaining existing infrastructure — often referred to as infrastructure asset recycling — or paying down other government debt.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

Over time the Maya found themselves simultaneously maintaining existing systems and pushing out to cover past mistakes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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