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Recent Examples of trunk Keep the mulch from touching the trunk of the tree to prevent disease. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025 The boat shoe retails for $159, the flip-flop for $49 and the swim trunk for $92. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 May 2025 The storyline was teed up at the end of the Season 3 finale when Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) was pulled over and arrested when the body of a client was found in the trunk of his Lincoln. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 May 2025 The front end of the car was submerged and the trunk was open. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for trunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trunk
Noun
  • In response, Delta said its request to put carry-ons where your legs normally go is to maintain an on-time departure and to leave room in the overhead bins for other luggage.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Bill had taken the first 10 minutes of the original Top Gun movie, digitized it and put it in twenty 30-second electronic bins.
    Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The lockers area will remain open for 30 minutes after the conclusion of the concert.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Gone are the days when gym bags were plain, bulky duffels that got squeezed into gym lockers.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Tall, handsome, and polite, Benny—played by Benito Skinner—checks a near-comical number of boxes: valedictorian, football player, homecoming king.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • Soon, 22 boxes of 50,600 lollipops were stacked five boxes high in two walls of Dum-Dums.
    Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Effects of moderate ground-level ozone can be chest pain, coughing, throat irritation and congestion, according to Metroplan.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
  • This happens frequently for symptoms like chest pain, abdominal pain when appendicitis could be a risk, or severe injuries, Leybov says.
    Sarah Klein, Time, 15 May 2025

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“Trunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trunk. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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