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rush

Any of a group of grasslike plants found in wet places in cold and temperate regions. The round stems and flexible leaves of some species have been used for making mats and baskets since ancient times. (Genus Juncus, family Juncaceae.)

Rush

Seaside resort in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 24 km/15 mi north of Dublin; population (2002) 6,750. It is a centre for market gardening and bulb growing. Lambay Island, 5 km/3 mi from the coast, is a bird sanctuary.



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Old Brooke takes half a dozen quick steps, and away goes the ball spinning towards the School goal, seventy yards before it touches ground, and at no point above twelve or fifteen feet high, a model kick-off; and the School-house cheer and rush on.
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A summer rush of men coming in light; a fall rush of men with outfits; and a spring rush, the next year after that, of fifty thousand.
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In another instant she had seized Oolanga, and with a swift rush had drawn him, her white arms encircling him, down with her into the gaping aperture.
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