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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few leaves still clung optimistically to the lime saplings planted either side of the path leading to the reception.
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At a twist in the river lay the spinney, a clump of birch saplings sprouting through a thicket of bramble.
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I was surprised, therefore, to find three sphinx caterpillars still feeding on the ash sapling next to the cabin.
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It hadn't been and wasn't far away, just out of sight behind a group of saplings.
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Most of the saplings, yes.
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So he stopped by the road and pulled up a sapling to use for a substitute.
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The only thing that gave it away was a sapling curiously moving on a day when there was no wind.
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There are also maple, spruce, pine and balsam fir saplings, and patches of wild raspberries and blueberries.