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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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“Looksmaxxing” has men hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon • May 27, 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

He needed surgery to remove a bone chip in his left elbow, a procedure that typically sidelined players for several months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Previous discoveries at the site, including stone and bone artifacts, had already shown that the people living there carried out a wide range of activities with considerable skill.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

If Mom had to break a bone, why couldn’t it have happened at home, instead of out on this island, miles from medical help?

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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