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Recent Examples of bough
Saturnalia, in honor of the sun god, Saturn, included decorating homes with evergreen boughs, wreaths and garlands to symbolize renewal.
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
Gleaming in the boughs were pearlescent apples.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
For example, forest scents have long been synonymous with winter and its holiday traditions, as Christmas trees, wreaths, and pine boughs signal calm and comfort during a season of rest.
—Paul Nicolaus, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
All the snow resting on their upper boughs began to melt in big wet drops, soaking the dry earth below.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
Gleaming in the boughs were pearlescent apples.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
For example, forest scents have long been synonymous with winter and its holiday traditions, as Christmas trees, wreaths, and pine boughs signal calm and comfort during a season of rest.
—Paul Nicolaus, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
All the snow resting on their upper boughs began to melt in big wet drops, soaking the dry earth below.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bough
Noun
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Briefs are for businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are new, have moved or closed, opened a new branch, changed owners or have been honored by an independent organization.—
Mark Mondier,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Yet Congress has become increasingly comfortable deferring to the executive branch since lawmakers authorized the wars with Iraq and Afghanistan more than 20 years ago.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At a blockade Monday on the outskirts of Tapalpa, 25-year-old Joel Ramírez and two friends were waiting for soldiers to clear a blockade of tree limbs.—
Megan Janetsky,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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If the pressure isn’t quickly released, compartment syndrome can lead to permanent damage and, in severe cases, be life-threatening or cost a person a limb.—
Mia Fishman,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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