arboreal
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Although investigators haven’t determined a motive for the arboreal attacks, both residents and law enforcement officers have theorized they may be the work of a homeowner seeking to improve property value.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
By what precise mechanisms they communicate, and whether their arboreal exchanges are interdependent or competitive, remains contested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The oldest known chameleon fossils date to the early Miocene, about 16 to 23 million years ago, long after many of their arboreal adaptations had appeared.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
In closing speeches, prosecutors said the pair carried out the "arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery", while the men's barristers reiterated their innocence.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Maybe it was a vestige of our arboreal past; we wanted to climb up and out of danger.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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