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Soon enough, trees everywhere were showing blotchy, mottled, yellowed leaves and suffering from twig dieback and sparse foliage.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

I’m so curious with the twig and the hair and the blood and the bell — Is that a thing?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

In 1960, during her first year at Gombe, Goodall observed a chimpanzee she called David Greybeard carefully strip a twig of leaves and use it to root out tasty termites from a mound.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025

The chimp took a twig, bent and stripped it of its leaves, then he poked it into a termite's nest.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

‘Fa, please. Don’t -’ In the Forest, a twig snapped.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

I found myself surprisingly moved by the meditative activities and programming, even if it felt silly at first to be constructing a mandala with leaves and twigs in the middle of a workweek.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Bird nests, for example, rely on a network of interwoven twigs and fibers to maintain their structure.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

FKA twigs, who is also a singer and choreographer, said Baker's "extraordinary legacy is such an inspiration to me and to so many people".

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

Kathleen would fill the holes with rolled-up newspaper or twigs but they would always be on the floor by the morning.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025

Some caterpillars masquerade as dead leaves, twigs, snakes, even bird droppings, to avoid being eaten.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

However, he admitted he - along with scientists and advisers - should have "twigged" the seriousness posed by the disease earlier than he did.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023

"Nobody should be watching those press conferences!" she said emphatically, when she twigged to what I'd been up to.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2020

Then, eventually, they twigged that we were interested in biodiversity, flora, and fauna, and people started coming in with chameleons.

From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2018

The Packers quickly twigged that unless he removed them it meant he would not be involved in subsequent plays.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2017

If Pamela really is the culprit, the evidence was right in front of us, and nobody twigged to it.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

He began at once, following the example of the birds about him, to prepare for the coming event; "twigging" as Joan called it to herself, amusedly.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

The results of Archie's twigging were very apparent; notably the golden-oak rocking-chair, the "chiffoneer" surmounted by the bronze lady with a spear.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

You are right," said Smith, "I—was twigging you again.

From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

Big Bob was no less inquisitive than the others, despite his twigging of Frank for his curiosity.

From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Breckenridge, Gerald

You couldn't talk friendly to him without twigging that.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)