Infection control precautions were substantially strengthened in all hospitals across the region, and we've been abele to contain community spread, as I say.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2003] Reference

Other varieties of the common white poplar or abele are occasionally useful, although most of them sprout badly and may become a nuisance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

Roman camps and scattered blocks of Sarsden stone, till we descend into the long green vale where, among groves of poplar and abele, winds silver Whit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prose Idylls, New and Old] Reference

The sides of country roads where the abele has been planted are sometimes obstructed for a considerable distance by the thrifty shoots from underground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

Tree, abele, 79.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

Should such an object be discovered, you must take care not to obscure it when planting your shrubbery; and should the object you wish to catch a view of be very distant, and not distinctly marked, the eye may be guided to it by planting some whitish-leaved low tree, such as Elæágnus angustifòlia, in the shrubbery, backed by dark-leaved shrubs, such as alaternus and phillyrea; and again, at a greater distance, planting an abele tree or white poplar in the same direction, where it will be backed by dark masses of Scotch pines or other similar trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference