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"Whenever we disturb the ground, when we cut down a tree and expose the soil, the fire can reignite," said fire chief Covens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The tree was also linked to the 1832 cholera outbreak, with historical records indicating money was deposited there in exchange for food to reduce contact between people.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nearly the entire statistical signal was coming from a single branch of the insect family tree.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Near the summit they metamorphose into stone tree branches, interweaving like a forest canopy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Clare brought his cup to his mouth, seeking the warmth of his tree sap tea.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Palm trees, which Lynch often used as a symbol in his films, tower above the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Red and fallow deer eat grasses, leaves and shoots of trees, as well as acorns, sweet chestnuts and horse chestnuts.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“There’s no paid staff, and we mostly support niche tech projects, like people exploring new ways to preserve trees in Morocco or to regeneratively regrow a pasture in Oregon,” Khosla told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
"As a result, many apples are dropping from the trees prematurely, remaining very small, or suffering from sunburn damage," the agency said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Just when I thought I’d be wandering in the trees forever, I popped out on the other side, and the thumping became actual drums, blasting from car radios.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The cattle, which were tracked from June to August over two years, had access to 625 acres of grasslands and treed areas ranging in elevation from 600 to 2,028 feet.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
The team quickly rallied, secured Ciarlo’s dogs and released their own hounds, which treed a young male they named Orion.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Set in an especially cheerless pocket of Southern California, where high-voltage lines loom over the sparsely treed landscape, it opens in the summer.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Some farmers positioned portable wind breaks and used treed areas to protect their herds from potentially deadly winds, said Karin Schmid, beef production and extension lead at the Alberta Beef Producers industry group.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
“Get up there,” he growled, and I knew how it felt to be free and trapped at the same time, treed by a bear that would follow if he was hungry enough.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
By 10 a.m. the dogs didn’t appear any closer to treeing whatever it was they were chasing.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2016
Well-fed raccoons lay trails to nearby trees, which the hounds are allowed to bark up only briefly to minimize sight treeing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jenkins, the special counsel to the Senate subcommittee investigating the case of Joe McCarthy v. the Army, had the air of an hound treeing an coon.
From Time Magazine Archive
He went to work then, trailing and treeing the squirrels that Little Arliss was scaring up off the ground.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
The duty of an outpost, when the enemy comes on, is to go in, treeing it, and keeping ourselves not exposed.
From Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat
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