skeleton
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An 11-story Catrina -- an elegantly dressed female skeleton -- stands in the Zocalo, the capital's main square, as part of this year's festivities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Some superfans are 3-D printing joints so they can model their skeleton in different positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The skeleton was discovered in the US state of Montana by rancher Jodi Pierson on her land in the Hall Creek Formation, a heavily studied geological site.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Researchers discovered a second, larger dog skull, along with the naturally mummified skeleton of a male dog buried in a shallow pit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Not even a metatarsal of any family skeleton interested Bull Meecham if the family was not his own.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Lia Flynn fills her yard with 36 life-size skeletons as early as Sept. 1.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Self-assembly is essential throughout biology, helping create everything from the internal skeletons of cells to specialized molecular compartments and large protein complexes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
Evidence from fossilised skeletons indicates that ancient foragers were less likely to suffer from starvation or malnutrition, and were generally taller and healthier than their peasant descendants.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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