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In one panic, Lahr scrambles halfway up the proscenium arch and hangs there, glaring down in 20-foot-high dudgeon at the scoundrels who have treed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another hunter stopped me and asked, “Is it true that your hounds have treed six coons in one night, three up in one tree, or is that old man just blowing off steam?”

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

"Quiet," he whispered; "I think we have treed our buggy friends."

From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles

The Riflers have treed them at Battle Butte, and Captain Rayner has gone with his battalion.

From The Deserter by King, Charles

When assured that they were beyond hearing distance, said Bill to Dick: "Well, we have treed the game at any rate."

From Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival by Addison, Alvin