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Recent Examples of limb
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Still images captured by photographers at the bottom present a confusing tableau, as if a giant has tipped a box of action figures out onto the hillside, bodies are upside down, or airborne sideways, and limbs are flailing everywhere.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Memories linger from past hurricanes with limbs puncturing roofs, car windows smashed and lives disrupted.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Situate feeders away from tree limbs and in areas that don’t allow squirrels to climb or jump to them-- that means at least 10 to 15 feet from tree limbs, rooflines and decks.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Still images captured by photographers at the bottom present a confusing tableau, as if a giant has tipped a box of action figures out onto the hillside, bodies are upside down, or airborne sideways, and limbs are flailing everywhere.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Memories linger from past hurricanes with limbs puncturing roofs, car windows smashed and lives disrupted.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Situate feeders away from tree limbs and in areas that don’t allow squirrels to climb or jump to them-- that means at least 10 to 15 feet from tree limbs, rooflines and decks.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limb
branch
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All three branches of state government agreed on the same candidates — drawing criticism from local residents and legal experts who say this will be a simulation of an election, not a real one.—
James Wagner,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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Four Sacramento Public Library branches are now lending e-bikes and e-trikes to adult cardholders for up to one week.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2025
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“Limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limb. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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