trunk
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Chris Edwards has been placing barriers like this massive tree trunk in front of the entrances to his fields - in a bid to deter hare coursers.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In a 2018 assessment, more than 50% of DWP’s trunk line segments were more than 65 years old and 11% were more than 100 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Their analysis showed that the fossils consisted of an anterior trunk vertebra, a mid trunk vertebra, and a sacro-caudal vertebra.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
A year later, he fled to the U.S., crossing the border from Mexico hiding in the trunk of a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The badger laced her claws together and leaned against the trunk that housed Clare’s beautiful glass cap mushrooms.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
He added that removing or dealing with tree trunks or roots in water is not the responsibility of the state government which he works for but Niwa which handles inland waterways.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Artisans scale the trunks with ropes and spikes to reach the greenish base of each frond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
These rings are somewhat similar to the annual rings found in tree trunks.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
He's also described a naval cadet's arm "like steel" and called Jaxson Dart, quarterback for the New York Giants football team, a "beautiful guy" with "legs like tree trunks."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mr. Tooth, in his role as our air raid warden, ordered that luminous white rings be painted around the base of the tree trunks.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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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