bough
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Sometimes seven-year-old Bayas would stand on a slender bough and lean out until it bent under his bulk, then ride it to a neighboring trunk.
From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024
“I see a ‘No Trespassing’ sign, I don’t do it,” she explains, recalling how her wife might pick fruit off a neighbor’s tree if the bough hangs over the fence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
There wasn't a single twinkling light or even a scrap of a pine bough, all the way from the subway station to her building.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022
He’s in the Hong Kong airport with just his clothes, a small folding knife, an A.T.M. card and some lingering bruises, as if God has flung him from a bough.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021
"There-" Before the others could examine the drop of blood, Jack had swerved off, judging a trace, .touching a bough that gave.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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