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Phillips caught a bad break when her approach to the green hit a tree branch on its upward flight and dropped 20 yards short of the green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
It added it is part of its efforts to modernise its law enforcement branch, and that "search and rescue operations will continue to be delivered" through other means.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
All three, we have now shown, belong on their own branch of the family tree.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
U.S. officials believe a branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recruited British nationals to carry out the planned attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“A tree branch is trapped in the blades, and I’ve loosened it a bit, but if we give it more time the water will soak it and then I can easily pull it out.”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The three Democrats appeared side by side in a display of unity between two branches of government with a sometimes-prickly relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Long lines of people trying to withdraw their money from Ueno branches snaked down Asuncion's streets on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
He subsequently opened branches across the world, including in Barbados, Ibiza and Los Angeles.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
This boundary, called the horizon, would begin as a single structure before separating into two distinct branches.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Uttering a couple of those deep grunts, he just seemed to rise up in the air like fog off the river and disappeared in the branches of the bur oak tree.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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But Chawawa has since branched out from social media - making two Bafta-nominated TV documentaries, starring on Taskmaster and doing stand-up comedy.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
He branched into insurance, spotting how annuity savers’ years of steady premiums could be a good match for multigenerational investments in sports, fast food and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
EssilorLuxottica has also branched into hearing correction, with its Nuance Audio integrating hearing aids into eyeglasses frames.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
We came to a place where the trail branched right and left.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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The old metaphor of a tree – a single trunk branching into distinct species – has been quietly replaced in the scientific literature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Like many in the content creation space, he's been branching out in recent years, taking more acting jobs and getting involved in film production.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It’s also branching beyond jeans into ’90s throwbacks like slip dresses, baby tees and leather jackets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But it also means branching into new “AI adopters,” like companies in the transportation and real-estate sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
She started toward a small, distant cage, in the center of which jutted up a branching dead tree.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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