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bone

noun as in piece of animate skeleton

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You write about the Constitution as “brittle as bone, hard as stone.”

From Slate

“The real strength is this combination of virtual reality, some live action and animation. When it’s done well, it stretches the imagination and tickles the funny bone.”

Catcher Will Smith, who has missed the past four games with a bone bruise on his hand, is also getting closer to returning to the lineup, and was available off the bench Sunday.

Irish language was a major bone of contention for years between Sinn Féin and the DUP and this upcoming court battle has reignited the tensions that had mostly cooled down.

From BBC

"There was no bad bone in his body, he was a really, really good kid and he was well loved by all of his friends, people at uni and just not the kind of person you'd ever imagine getting into a situation where something like that could happen."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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