branches off
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State Route 158, which branches off from U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Men hacked loose branches off trees and piled them to be taken away, for fear they would become projectiles capable of claiming life or limb.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
In such a tree, a root branches off to so-called child nodes that are connected by edges.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Mark Schultz, its director, already can imagine some of the work ahead, refinding and marking research plots, replacing burned cables and destroyed instruments, clearing fallen trees and branches off trails and roads.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023
They'd hacked branches off trees to make a litter for him, but it was slow, hard work carrying him along, and he whimpered every time they jounced him "We have to yield," he said.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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