trunk
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No wonder Hilton look befuddled when my dad regaled him with the tale of entering the U.S. for the first time in the trunk of a Chevy in 1968.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The issue - which was first noticed on Friday - saw vehicles, including campervans, leave the trunk road and travel through the Perthshire villages of Ballinluig, Tulliemet and Guay.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The company is also testing a small patch containing the virus that can be tapped onto the trunk of trees that are already infected, allowing it to enter the tree and begin producing resistance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The possible structures appear within some scales, particularly around the neck, limbs, and along the sides of the trunk and tail.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
From a shadow close to the trunk of the big tree, something moved out on a limb.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
In Long Beach, cars lined up Saturday at a Peninsula parking lot as fire department workers loaded sandbags into trunks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Positioned inside the moving vehicle and zooming in, Ray’s camera captures what becomes a blur of foliage, trunks and limbs before the opening credits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Detailed observations and measurements showed that the monkeys can nevertheless bend parts of their feet enough to climb narrow vertical tree trunks while seeking food, hiding or finding places to sleep.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
So they lifted her onto a makeshift raft made of banana trunks, and carried her through the rushing water towards safety.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
I endowed that word “all” with special meaning, and pressed dresses and packed trunks in a delirium of anticipation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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