branches

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Its website used to describe it as a "leading UK real estate agency" with "eight branches" and "170 staff".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Intesa said its offer would create the second-largest bank in the eurozone by market value, behind Banco Santander, with a network of 3,000 branches.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead, it’s inspired by the famous fig tree metaphor from Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” where each plump and juicy fig, dangling deliciously on the branches, represents a different life path for the protagonist.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The winds whipped mercilessly through the tree branches, and lightning struck no less than three times, each time getting closer and closer to the shed.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold