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Recent Examples of bough
If the fates allow / Hang a shining star upon the highest bough / And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
—Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And yes, while the ever-present joyful music, bright lights, pine boughs, discounts and holiday events make people want to shop this time of year, marketing messages are also key to these sales.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Some of its biggest perks are its voluminous boughs and lack of maintenance, like cleaning up needles and replacing bulbs.
—Melissa Epifano, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
—Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And yes, while the ever-present joyful music, bright lights, pine boughs, discounts and holiday events make people want to shop this time of year, marketing messages are also key to these sales.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Some of its biggest perks are its voluminous boughs and lack of maintenance, like cleaning up needles and replacing bulbs.
—Melissa Epifano, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bough
Noun
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But the law bars the executive branch from using the Internal Revenue Service to target any particular taxpayer.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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The plaintiffs alleged that USIP staffers are not federal workers because the agency is independent of the executive branch and that DOGE's actions—from forcefully gaining access to USIP's buildings to ousting the agency's staff and replacing them with people affiliated with DOGE—violated the law.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Two of his actors are missing limbs and nearly all are flamboyantly tattooed.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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However, starting in the 1930s, thieves unwilling to move the heavy statues began sawing off the children’s limbs piece by piece.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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