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The contrast is what makes this feel like a dish rather than a vegetable dutifully placed beside dinner.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Rather than spinning their entire bodies together, the snakes alternate between rolling on one side and swinging a curved section of their bodies downward beside their heads.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
In 1986, as the 28-year-old head coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Murphy came across a man in a tan suit, standing on the side of the road beside a broken-down car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
I’m standing in that field, and on a laptop screen I see the two vehicles beside me, both marked with a green X that indicates a target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Perched beside me on the bed, Nollie joined in as naturally as though visiting a university was an everyday event for us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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