scraggly
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Then, a mischief of magpies began a ruckus, chattering and hopping from branch to branch of a scraggly tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
A scraggly crust punk wore a jacket patched with an upside-down American flag.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
On Jan. 9, as the Eaton fire still blazed, Davis returned to his own home to capture in watercolors the scraggly trees, the overturned plants, the still-standing chimneys.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
The road to Montgomery led the marchers through cotton fields and scraggly pine thickets, across twisting rivers and creeks and into dark, gloomy swamps where dead trees draped with gray Spanish moss hugged the roadside.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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