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  • noun Plural form of bush.

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Examples

  • Sniping from the bushes is allowed now in American politics, with no disclosure of who's pulling the trigger, how much ammo they have or where it came from.

    Rep. Peter DeFazio Turns The Tables, Confronts Shadowy Conservative Group Running Attack Ads Against Him (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • And I sleep better at night, natV, knowing that your hidden camera in the bushes is always watching.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Confirming date, venues, and kick off time. 2009

  • Sniping from the bushes is allowed now in American politics, with no disclosure of who's pulling the trigger, how much ammo they have or where it came from.

    Rep. Peter DeFazio Turns The Tables, Confronts Shadowy Conservative Group Running Attack Ads Against Him (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • He said that once upon a time a man was walkin 'through the jungle -- that's what they call the bushes, you know, in India -- an' he met a great big tiger, which glared at him with its great eyes, and gave a tremendous roar, and sprang upon him.

    The Eagle Cliff 1859

  • * laugh*, and the fellow who flung himself through the bushes is the editor for Orson Scott Card's quarterly online sf magazine.

    wfc update! jaylake 2006

  • When I stopped to inform them I needed 2 guys for a short half day move of furniture, suddenly like an explosion and a frontal attack, Mexicans who must have been hiding in bushes, behind cars or whatever, but suddenly the entire car was surrounded three deep, like a swarming beehive.

    How do I deter the bottle brigade? What have you done? 2009

  • When last summer I started bicycling to get around, I suddenly was confronted with the amazing amount of recyclable objects on every patch of green, in bushes, under trees, at parking lot corners, near trash cans, etc … Aluminum cans for sure and lots of plastic soda bottles, plastic bags, juice pouches, more plastic water bottles and aluminum/plastic cookie wrappers …

    Green Bucks 2009

  • When I stopped to inform them I needed 2 guys for a short half day move of furniture, suddenly like an explosion and a frontal attack, Mexicans who must have been hiding in bushes, behind cars or whatever, but suddenly the entire car was surrounded three deep, like a swarming beehive.

    How do I deter the bottle brigade? What have you done? 2009

  • When I stopped to inform them I needed 2 guys for a short half day move of furniture, suddenly like an explosion and a frontal attack, Mexicans who must have been hiding in bushes, behind cars or whatever, but suddenly the entire car was surrounded three deep, like a swarming beehive.

    How do I deter the bottle brigade? What have you done? 2009

  • When I stopped to inform them I needed 2 guys for a short half day move of furniture, suddenly like an explosion and a frontal attack, Mexicans who must have been hiding in bushes, behind cars or whatever, but suddenly the entire car was surrounded three deep, like a swarming beehive.

    How do I deter the bottle brigade? What have you done? 2009

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