trunk
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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
The mid trunk vertebra was especially important because it contained anatomical features that do not appear in any other known member of the giant salamander family.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Workers had already repaired the 3-foot-wide trunk line and were backfilling the area at about 8:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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
Then she lifted her trunk and shifted forward suddenly, throwing Karli off balance.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
They also used instruments that measured CO2 levels in tree canopies every hour and sensors attached to tree trunks that tracked tiny changes in trunk size throughout the day.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Fragments of bags, clothes, and a melted shoe lie half-buried in the charred earth at the site, alongside dead trees with burned trunks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He dined with his fellow jurors including Demi Moore and Chloé Zhao among the decorations of cinema memorabilia, including the boxing trunks worn by Robert De Niro in “Raging Bull.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"My legs, they just feel like trunks, tree trunks," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
In darkness deeper than midnight, they climbed over the trunks of trees that had protected them.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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