blade
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As well as the left shoulder blade, the individual's right hand, three ribs and some teeth were also found.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Making these parts requires the blade to be “grown” in a vacuum furnace as a single crystal of nickel superalloy, according to Nigel Chiang, an analyst at SemiAnalysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hanging from the rafters, the tip of its blade points down ominously over viewers’ heads, emphasizing both the danger of the weapon and its fragility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
With one hand, he held the flat tip of the saw and bent the blade off to the side, so it had a curve to it.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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In particular, birch tar would have helped them attach stone blades or points to wooden handles, a technique known as hafting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
It sounds impossible: Americans don’t buy more cars today than they did in 2007, and each one still has the same number of wiper blades and taillights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Sweat is seeping through his T-shirt, forming wing-like patches over his shoulder blades.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The light design of the rotors also means that if there is an engine failure, the light blades can lose their momentum in rotation quickly, Cress said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He hid the whetstone, so they had to hunt for it when the blades needed sharpening.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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