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Claire underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments to kill the malignant cells in his body, but the cancer returned again in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The university's Faculty Senate, a governing body comprised of professors and other academic staff, will vote on a resolution of no confidence next week, according to reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ketone bodies also appear during fasting or very low-calorie diets, when the body must draw on stored fat for energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
In cold water, you shiver—your muscles spasm—to heat up your body.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The legislation says authorized bodies like the Ministry of Transportation and other security agencies including the Shin Bet and Mossad can ask to review lists to vet people on flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Their upper bodies remain steady while their feet perform increasingly complicated movements when a dying cell appears.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
It said 11 crew members were rescued and two bodies recovered.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
They aim to give people a comprehensive picture of their bodies and a roadmap for the decades of adulthood still ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The spell slashed across their spindly bodies, and they bolted behind another train car.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Their ancient relatives were likely similar in being soft bodied marine organisms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
South Korea is still technically at war with North Korea, with all able bodied men between expected to fulfil the country's mandatory conscription requirements.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
As the third period ticked down, Kraken goaltender Grubauer bodied down a point-blank chance from Andrew Mangiapane to help Seattle kill off another penalty.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Unlike the long-limbed, long bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dispensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2019
Beverley was physical and verbal during the game, bodying up Ball constantly and shoving him once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2017
Notice the toughnesss--not just Iguodala and Green, but Barnes, Livingston, even Curry bodying up on Lebron?
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
His mind kindled by friction in the process of thinking, not in the flash of conception, and its delight is in demonstration, not in bodying forth.
From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell
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