limb
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As everyone knows, it’s riskier to life and limb to drive a car than to fly in a passenger airline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
If you want to go out on a limb, Disclosure Day was not everyone’s favorite, but it’s worthy of your consideration.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026
What if we weren’t destined to tear each other limb from limb, to yell instead of speaking, or dig our backpacks into each other’s bodies on the train?
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
The limb I’m happy to go out on: championing Ashley Padilla for her breakout year on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Squelch straddled a limb of the Hollow Log like a horse and whipped his own bum with a whippy stick.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Vocabulary lists containing limb
The Bill of Rights
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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