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The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
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Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With a bow and arrow, the tension in an arched bough of wood is exploited to propel a missile for great distances and slash through barriers.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Finally, the adult male made his way down to the elbow of a descending bough to survey us.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With a bow and arrow, the tension in an arched bough of wood is exploited to propel a missile for great distances and slash through barriers.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Finally, the adult male made his way down to the elbow of a descending bough to survey us.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bough
Noun
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The local union branch is working to make sure that the collective bargaining agreement is honored during the furlough and organizing workshops to help members navigate unemployment benefits and career resources.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Army's approach evolving, but geography is a barrier The Army, which has the largest share of part-time troops among the military branches, is wrestling with the challenges of ensuring its reservists are fit to fight.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Remove any broken or diseased limbs.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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In recent years he's suffered from post-polio syndrome -- difficulty swallowing and tightness and pain in his limbs.—
Arthur Allen,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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