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Noun
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Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026 -
Recently shown off by Leviathan Engineering, the project brings Rocky—the smart, spider-like alien from the book—to life with moving limbs, speech recognition, and gestures that look just like the character fans remember.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Most banana plants survive even severe freezes and can make new grow from shoots at or below the ground line.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Once roots form the top half of the potato above ground begins to send up green shoots with leaves.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
10 May 2026
Noun
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There is something magical about the trees—tourists travel miles to stand under their twisted boughs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The day was otherwise cheerful; sunshine dappled through evergreen boughs.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Spain’s Rif War, where future Spanish dictator Francisco Franco won his spurs, served as a crucible for the values and military tactics of the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War where Franco treated his Republican enemy with the same humanity dealt out to Rif inhabitants.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Columbine is an early-season bloomer with nectar-rich spurs, giving your garden a head start in spring.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The backstory The reception area features a massive, metal chandelier shaped like winding branches, representative of the flowers that grow here each spring.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
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Beyond the glass, across a small rocky strip of water, the zoo’s eldest giraffe is craning his impossibly long, elegant neck up to a hanging basket of foliage and methodically stripping the branches of their bark.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The key is to purchase plants that proliferate easily and to repot offshoots or propagate them in water before planting in a new pot.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
30 Apr. 2026
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His ethos is guided by the idea that physical appearance trumps all else, though its offshoots venture into sexist, misogynistic and racist philosophies.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Branchlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branchlets. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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