trunk
Example Sentences
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The bond guys have a hand on the trunk, and the stock guys are holding the tail.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Plaid had supported the "blue route" - upgrading an existing trunk road.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
While La Perla ramps up production and prepares for its global relaunch this fall, it’s reconnecting with customers again through trunk shows, but with the seamstresses on site.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century -- shifted from attic to barn to garage as it was handed down through the generations.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Water lapped at the tree trunk below him.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing trunk
Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Giving Tree"
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