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trunk

[truhngk] / trʌŋk /


NOUN
long nose of animal
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Every songwriter has a trunk, and the trunk is full of songs that got tossed out of the show or were passed over when they were submitted or may have just not been finished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Now, as many department stores struggle to keep locations open, and as suburbs have grown wealthier, trunk shows are popping up in new places and taking new forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"The Thwaites main trunk is being temporarily stabilized by the Mouginot Ridge," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Haines -- who lives on a small cattle property outside Wangaratta -- was getting something from the trunk of her car when her alleged attacker drove past in a Toyota Land Cruiser.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Pet pulled on her chains and threw hay and sawdust over her back with her gray trunk.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Thousands of burned tree trunks stacked neatly to the end of a country block, a mountain range of chipped wood piles rising behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The house began by selling leather goods and travel trunks to wealthy customers.

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

Through the trunks, we get the occasional glimpse of the razed farmland which tightly fences this pocket of protected woodland.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

We pictured that: the steamer trunks being bumped down the stairs from the batty attic.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck


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