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Worthing FC owner George Dowell MBE, who has a spinal cord injury, says "silly comments" are often to be expected.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
By demonstrating impaired nerve-to-muscle communication in a system containing no brain or spinal cord, the study provides evidence that mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's can produce effects beyond the central nervous system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
Dr. Martin Wessendorf, a neuroscientist and associate professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, studies how the brainstem regulates neurons in the spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The movement signals originate in the deepest layers of the optic tectum and travel through nerve fibers to the opposite side of the spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
I resumed twisting the cord around my finger.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The "whispering MP" who feared she may never be able to speak confidently again revealed she has seen signs of recovery after suffering nerve damage to her vocal cords during surgery.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Room Rater built an audience scoring Zoom backgrounds for lighting, depth, art and visible cords; books themselves became set dressing.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some cats love to chomp on power cords.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
To investigate how neutrophils influence healing, the researchers studied larval zebrafish, which are able to regenerate damaged spinal cords.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
I squeeze the two extension cords in my hand, ready to connect them and flood the whole place in light.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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It’s got a purple corded phone, a lava lamp, a beanbag chair … and it happens to be a habitat at a zoo on a planet of bug people.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
She was directed down another hall, another locked door, before she finally arrived at a stall with a corded phone.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
The analysis of corded ware vessels also challenges previous considerations.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
At least ten times a day, she’d take the box out, re-arrange the fireworks and look long at the pale red tissue and white corded stem and wonder about how they were made.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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I rescued an abandoned set of chairs missing their woven seats, watched a YouTube video on cording and turned them into living-room fixtures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Leather welt or cording can add to the vibe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
Bubble wrap might crush your standard ribbon bows, so the Container Store suggests using more wire-edged ribbon or tulle, which can be fluffed out, or cording.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2020
Jewel-toned blue, green and purple nylon was cut into pretty sleeveless dresses slit and ruched with cording detail to softly accent the body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016
After the mastery of movement is acquired, the cording, braiding, and three-thread attachment work are easily learned by a pupil who has the necessary mechanical sense.
From The Making of a Trade School by Mary Schenck Woolman
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