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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Calcium and magnesium matter for bone, muscle and nerve function, but where possible they should come from food.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

I have terrible hips — bursitis and everything — and they hurt so bad that I thought maybe I broke a bone or something.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Most recently, Tulsi Gabbard said last week she was resigning from her post as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's recent bone cancer diagnosis.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men injecting themselves with unregulated peptides and hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

When the seat cushion was totally gone, the polar bear moved on to the handlebars, gnawing on them like a dog working a bone.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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