trunks
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This is particularly noticeable near the bases of trees growing on mountain slopes, where trunks often need to curve to maintain an upright position.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
One was so indifferent to tourists, no one bothered to rip the vines of poison ivy off the tree trunks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
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
It wove about the trunks of the trees, gleaming silver in the moonlight.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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