trunk
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The independent lawmaker, 65, was standing near the trunk of her car when she was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser on Monday afternoon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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
My cars didn’t run any red lights, collide with another car or take off with my suitcase still in the trunk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
He insisted on staying with Marlene, on walking alongside her, holding her trunk, and there was no arguing with him.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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
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
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
The servants streamed out from the house like ants to remove Lady Constance’s many floral-upholstered trunks from the carriage.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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