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[ak-sis] / ˈæk sɪs /


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The Earth all but shifted on its axis following this, due to the breathtakingly bonkers discourse that followed the incident.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Two newly identified biomarkers included in the score point to an important role for the so-called brain-heart axis and suggest that the condition develops through mechanisms that are separate from atherosclerosis.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

Analysts say statements such as Khezrian’s overstate the case, but they nevertheless acknowledge the axis has proved more resilient than expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

That regeneration power, said Ramzy Mardini, the founder of Geopol Labs, a Middle East-based geopolitical risk advisory firm, is the central and most important characteristic of the axis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In contrast, the major axis of Eurasia is east-west.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

It bears heavy signs of use and was made by Fuhrer Frères of Gstaad, the same Swiss firm that supplied fifteen axes to the 1924 Everest expedition.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

"Meaning, as they spin around on their axes and orbit around their parents, those rates/frequencies match, leading to the phenomena like us only seeing one side of our moon."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Despite the fact that the Cinta Larga had attacked and killed his beloved dog, Rondon left the tribe some beads and metal axes in an effort to keep the peace.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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