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After November rains, giant logs, evergreen boughs, and tiny wood chips float everywhere; paddling feels like stirring soup.
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Jennifer Berney, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2023
Extra dry-hopping enhances the aromas of berries and evergreen boughs.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
These nine types of boughs are readily available at local garden centers and are even easier to decorate your home with.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
Across almost three hundred poems, Cavendish speculated about how atoms joined to form everything in the world, from a fire’s stinging spark to the broad boughs of an oak tree.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
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Jennifer Berney, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2023
Extra dry-hopping enhances the aromas of berries and evergreen boughs.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
These nine types of boughs are readily available at local garden centers and are even easier to decorate your home with.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
Across almost three hundred poems, Cavendish speculated about how atoms joined to form everything in the world, from a fire’s stinging spark to the broad boughs of an oak tree.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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