Sinewy roots stretch above the snowline and the skeletal frames of leafless birch trees tremble in the wind.

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Hammou pauses by a leafless argan and snaps one of its silvery twigs.

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The leafless, unbeautiful island is monochromatic.

NEWYORKER: Margot at the Wedding

Within a few hours, he forgot that he had given the order, and in a few dozen years he in turn was forgotten, but these trees still stood, enormous now, some of them dead and looming without bark, white and leafless.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

The road curved along the back side of the Johnson Space Center, an expanse of empty ground bordered by leafless winter trees, where deer patrolled the fence line and joggers wended in and out of sight, following the exercise trail through a thin screen of forest.

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