rustling
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Following a moment of silence, listening to the wind and rustling leaves, he says, “The sun is healing us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Wearing a thick navy jacket over a wool sweater, Ivannikov, the head of the department of tropical and subtropical plants, picked up a leaf that had just come rustling down.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Those contracts were good for generating headlines and rustling up new business for similar lawsuits around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
When you see green trees, smell pine and hear gentle rustling leaves or the sound of birdsong, your autonomic nervous system - a network of nerves controlling unconscious processes - responds instantly.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
The rustling sounds alerted Booth, who rushed to the site of the noise.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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