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London’s bread, as one writer of the day notes, was “a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum and bone ashes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Eisenstein “had a bone to pick with History,” Ms. Yakhina writes, because it imposed limits on his iconoclastic vision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

While the analysis focused on markers of bone metabolism rather than direct changes in bone density, the results suggest that vigorous activity may encourage early biological changes that support bone formation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Accident insurance is a payment to the policyholder in the event of a covered accident, including burns, bone breaks and concussions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

When I opened my eyes, her thimble of water had tipped over and was bone dry.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Biden, who is 83 years old, was diagnosed in May 2025 with the aggressive prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Instead, the film puts flesh on the bones of some characters who, in Dickens’ book, just pop in and out like straw men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The type of exercise you do may be more important for your bones than how long you spend doing it.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Biden announced in May 2025, four months after leaving the White House, that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Strontium 90 is chemically similar to calcium, and so it is absorbed by the body and deposited in the bones.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

In 1989, a year after he finished his military service, he boned up on the language with a monthlong crash course in Budapest.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.

From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021

She was a big woman, about five feet ten and big boned.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Della Donna started boning up on criminal law, talking to every criminal attorney she could find and eventually turning to UCI Law School.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon ● May 31, 2022

“I bought a mannequin and new boning, then I took the dresses apart and combined them.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Garment underpinnings — corsetry boning, seams and darts — became external flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin