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Recent Examples of limb
Its support team then flew into action, rushing out with a stretcher to pick up the many pieces of its body and limbs strewn across the course.
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New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
Kappenman and Kester took advantage of the city’s free limb drop-off site at 800 Markey Road, near Eagles’ Landing Golf Course.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
Symptoms differ from strokes caused by a blockage in the brain, as a spinal stroke causes pain in the neck or back that radiates through the limbs, muscle weakness or numbness, incontinence and loss of sensation, such as feeling touch or temperature changes.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
Kappenman and Kester took advantage of the city’s free limb drop-off site at 800 Markey Road, near Eagles’ Landing Golf Course.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026
Symptoms differ from strokes caused by a blockage in the brain, as a spinal stroke causes pain in the neck or back that radiates through the limbs, muscle weakness or numbness, incontinence and loss of sensation, such as feeling touch or temperature changes.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limb
branch
Noun
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The islands are home to a very conservative branch of Calvinism which believes deeply in the Sabbath.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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She’s assisted by Dakota (Whitney Peak), the film’s other, younger heroine, who at one point makes her way over a floating rooftop and rickety branches, improvising the acrobatics of survival.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limb. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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