tumbleweed
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tumbleweed
Example Sentences
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In a spot that AT&T introduced in October, actor Luke Wilson pulls a newspaper out of a tumbleweed and reads, “T-Mobile most challenged for deceptive ads.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Now it has transformed itself into tumbleweed proper, sidling and bouncing wherever the wind chooses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
"We came through the airport and it was like tumbleweed," McIntosh says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
A lone tumbleweed blows through piles of coal at the Rosebud Mine outside Colstrip, a few miles from the power plant.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
If we lived a little farther south, a tumbleweed would tumble by.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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