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Recent Examples of bough
Ash-brown tatters lofted on pheromones, gypsy moths flutter among boughs and across the meadow
like confetti.
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Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With a bow and arrow, the tension in an arched bough of wood is exploited to propel a missile for great distances and slash through barriers.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
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Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With a bow and arrow, the tension in an arched bough of wood is exploited to propel a missile for great distances and slash through barriers.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bough
Noun
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Xi has also built up the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF), an elite branch overseeing China’s fast-expanding arsenal of nuclear and ballistic missiles.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wind speeds could be comparable to those of a tropical storm, strong enough to break tree limbs, cause trees to fall, and blow around unsecured objects, National Weather Service (NWS) lead meteorologist Matt Mehle told .—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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