cocoon
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Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
"They are undergoing tremendous transformation, and we need to approach them as someone who is coming outside of a cocoon and becoming something different."
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
They open the infected pupa's cocoon, create small cuts in its outer surface, and apply formic acid, a natural antimicrobial compound produced by the workers themselves.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
At first when I get in the bed, I stay to the right side, bundling and tucking my aching arms and legs in a cocoon like I always do to make room for Shirley.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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