stalk
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These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
With the names of his children, Betty and George, etched on his shorts, Allen started to stalk Makhmudov, with a massive body shot followed by a right uppercut landing in the fifth round.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
And for us, those quiet moments — watching bears stalk the shallows or eagles swoop low over the water — made it all more than worth it.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
Between the copse and the brook, the slope was covered with pale lilac lady’s-smocks, each standing separately in the grass, a frail stalk of bloom above a spread of cressy leaves.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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