trunk
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“This is a plan without any purpose,” like shifting a bag of sand in the back seat of your car to the trunk, Brusca said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
On long red ribbons fastened to a metal structure around a tree trunk, people wrote wishes for success at work or school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She is frequently by Trump’s side, often smiling and staring fixedly at him, and once reportedly rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him to a court date because there wasn’t a seat for her.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Our survey showed that the tallest stood 69.3 meters high and had a trunk nearly three meters wide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
My trunk wouldn’t be delivered to the hotel for another few days so I’d planned to wear this uniform again today.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Wisps of smoke rose from charred or crackling tree trunks between Le Porge and the village of Lege-Cap-Ferret to the south, AFP journalists said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Turns out, wind is necessary for the development of “reaction wood,” critical for strong, adult trunks after their juvenile years of environmental stress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
These rings are somewhat similar to the annual rings found in tree trunks.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
Others took inventory of the hastily packed belongings in their trunks or snoozed as comfortably as they could in plastic chairs at the evacuation site.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
We pictured that: the steamer trunks being bumped down the stairs from the batty attic.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing trunk
Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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