skeleton
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Although the scientists did not recover a complete skeleton, the preserved backbone provides important clues about the snake's enormous proportions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Nicolas Jackson's equalising goal against the Bees was the first Villa had scored in front of the skeleton that was their North Stand this season.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Here’s the thing about the Neko Health scan: It’s not an MRI, so it can’t see into your organs or skeleton and check for any issues happening there.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
"You can swim for hours and hours along the reef in the lagoon, just skeleton after skeleton. It's all dead," said marine biologist Austin Bowden-Kerby, who visited last year and documented the devastation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
A skeleton lay on the floor against the wall, like the person who it belonged to had died scrunched up there.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
The review covered hundreds of species on the IUCN's "red list" -- icons like staghorn and table corals whose mineral skeletons give reefs their dazzling three-dimensional complexity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some tips for scaredy cats: If you don’t like spooky scary skeletons, creepy crawlies, or horror flicks, Halloween season can be a fright to endure.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
He’s said: “I set out to write this book thinking I’d reveal where all the skeletons are buried. Turns out most of them are mine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The skeletons of the green trees curved under the elegant weight of the snow, bowing and twisting like ribbons in the wind.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Life Science: Human Systems
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