And what is this mournful stretch of wall, overgrown with weeds beneath a lurid sky?

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The bottom line is: without consistent and continued effort, the lawn will never sprout, it can die or it can get overgrown with weeds.

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Other former coffee-plantation land, high in the mountains where the soil is rich in volcanic minerals, remains overgrown with weeds and contains barren trees.

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Most important in the search for a new tenant is to avoid letting the venue fall into disrepair like the Olympic Stadium in Athens, which is now in shambles, abandoned and overgrown with weeds.

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Paint peeled from the barns, fields became overgrown, and no champion Thoroughbreds ran the track, which had become overrun with weeds and pebbles.

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