branches

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Today, the tree still stands, its branches shaped by centuries of coastal wind and salt air.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

In 2000, he became a Los Angeles County deputy alternate public defender in regional branches, including Long Beach and Compton.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The earliest tetrapods, called stem tetrapods, eventually split into two major branches.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“It was already difficult enough for people to understand who does what among the different branches of the Rothschild family,” she told Le Point, a French news magazine, in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

She picked up a bundle of twigs and grass and reached up into the branches of a tree and brought down a tangled mass.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff