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limbs

noun

plural of limb

as in branches

a major outgrowth from the main stem of a woody plant we hung the swing from the highest limb of the tree that we could reach

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Recent Examples of limbs The three towns have been without power since the late Tuesday morning storm because trees, limbs and power lines are down everywhere. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Fifty-year-old oak trees were ripped from the roots, and debris was scattered everywhere from broken tree limbs. — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 In Newport, the city announced on social media that residents can place small tree limbs and brush along public sidewalk areas behind street curbs. — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026 Their bodies are built up in thick paint, their limbs modeled with short lateral strokes that wrap each arm into a solid cylinder. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 Crawling laterally challenges frontal-plane control under load, requiring your core to respond to shifting weight while your limbs move rather than locking down. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 What started as weakness in one thumb has now spread to all four limbs. — Christopher Campos, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026 Aside from lightning ground strikes, winds were strong enough to knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects, weather service forecasters said. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 That technical term covers the hands, grippers or feet attached to the ends of a robot's limbs. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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Because the sites are generally located at least 100 feet away from any trails, visiting them can require bushwhacking through swampy terrain or dense undergrowth, dodging branches and the occasional cobweb.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Republicans control the White House and both branches of Congress, helping bolster their financial coffers against their Democratic counterparts, Martin noted in his remarks.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026

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