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palm

[pahm] / pɑm /












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Late last month, an Indonesia-based wildlife foundation shared footage showing an orangutan writhing on the ground on a palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan, one of Indonesia's hardest-hit provinces.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

If you have a palm tree, have a professional remove dead fronds before storms.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

In this context, medbeds seemed conceptually like fun oddities, akin more to palm readings than to predatory disinformation.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

Find insight on gold and silver futures, London mining stocks, palm oil and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The ocean looks like normal ocean, and the palm trees look like normal palm trees, but the pastel pink building is intriguing.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Around half of the date palms here have no fruit at all.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

It’s made of the joy-buzzer energy coming into your palms through the rack-and-pinion steering, the wheel gains heft and braille-like sensitivity as cornering loads and slip angles increase.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Wiseman said the solar eclipse was particularly poignant: "I'm actually in chills right now just thinking about it, my palms are sweating."

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

Hipolito leaned forward in his chair, his face falling into his palms.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

She held out her palms and shot two more laser beams into the giant robot pelican suit.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

It was his hard work that won the ball back for Arsenal's opening goal and his cross was palmed into Saka for the second.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Bayern trailed 2-1 in the shootout when a flying Kahn threw his bear-like paws in front of Zlatko Zahovic's effort, then palmed Amedeo Carboni's strike on to the crossbar.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Anthony Gordon scored four times in Newcastle's 6-1 rout of Qarabag and the England forward threatened an immediate equaliser with a stinging strike that Gianluigi Donnarumma palmed away.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

That goal looked to have sealed the points from Juve but Baldanzi quickly halved the deficit after Michele Di Gregorio palmed away Evan Ferguson's low drive.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

Shadow palmed it in his right hand, classic palm, then produced it from between his third and fourth fingers.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

But on the bestsellers display at your favorite local indie, it represents the small pleasure of palming a near-pocket-size book in your hands.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

"For me, it's ridiculous," the goalkeeper added, taking a break from palming away shots struck by friends wearing colorful Brazil and Barcelona jerseys.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Moments later, Bachmann thwarted Thomas-Asante again, this time palming away his goal-bound header, before he saw another effort sail over the bar.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2024

In a free-flowing first half, Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya made a great save in the 38th by diving to his right and palming away a shot from Brennan Johnson after a quick counter by Spurs.

From Washington Times Sep. 24, 2023

He spent the next hour demonstrating basic skills like palming a playing card or performing the French Drop, a maneuver in which a small object seemingly disappears when passing from one hand to the other.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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