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  Woods

  noun

  Eldrick Tiger, born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
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  woods

  plural noun

  closely packed trees forming a forest or wood, esp a specific one

Woods

American  

[woodz] / wʊdz /

noun

1. Eldrick Tiger, born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.

2. Lake of the. Lake of the Woods.

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woods ¹ British  

/ wʊdz /

plural noun

1. closely packed trees forming a forest or wood, esp a specific one

2. another word for backwoods

3. the woodwind instruments in an orchestra See also wood 1

4. informal an area or locality

   a quiet neck of the woods

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Woods ² British  

noun

1. See Lake of the Woods

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Woods ³ British  

/ wʊdz /

noun

1. Tiger, real name Eldrick Woods . born 1975, US golfer: youngest US Masters champion and first Black golfer to win a major championship; winner of the US Masters (1997, 2001–02, 2005), US Open (2000, 2002, 2008), British Open Championship (2000, 2005–06), and the PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006-07); in 2001 he became the only player to hold all four major titles at once

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Indigo Road Hospitality Group, an owner of restaurants and boutique hotels, named Catherine Woods as chief marketing officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

While the brand retains partnerships with long-retired Jordan, plus Williams and Ronaldo - Woods ended his association in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kaepernick watched the Mario Woods video at his parents’ home, as his mother questioned Woods’ role in his murder.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

Anthony Woods and Jaivian Thomas followed with short touchdown runs as the Bruins scored 20 unanswered points to open the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

He lived far away in the Big Woods, in a big log house.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

While the Nasdaq Composite ended Thursday in the green, the technology sector isn’t out of the woods just yet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Environment Agency-led clean-up operation began in June 2025 and has seen 2,500 lorry loads of waste removed from the woods by specialist contractors to a landfill site in Essex.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Last month, five men were detained in the woods near RAF Fairford, after driving up from London in vans that contained barrels of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

This may be the handsomest yet, and a very fine excuse to wander into the deep, dark woods of “Rubber Soul” yet again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

There was no house or even a shack in those woods.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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