amoeba
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Its undulating form has earned its share of abuse, and it has been compared to a pancake or an amoeba.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
In the meter stick analogy, amplifying the signal makes the amoeba appear larger so that even coarse measurement markings can capture it accurately.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
Early detection allows customised treatment: a drug cocktail of antimicrobials and steroids targeting the amoeba can save lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
All four of them walked through the empty basement and up the stairs in a clump, almost like a single creature—an amoeba, maybe.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The researchers also warn that amoebae can act as living shelters for other harmful microbes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
The danger does not come only from the amoebae themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
They point to climate change, aging water infrastructure, and weak monitoring systems as factors that could allow dangerous amoebae to spread and become harder to control.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
Most amoebae are harmless and play a role in natural ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026
I suppose it all started when Lorraine and I and these two amoebae called Dennis Kobin and Norton Kelly were hot on those phone gags last September.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
Familiar examples include amoebas, various algae, and diatoms, which are microscopic organisms often found in aquatic environments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Visitors to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada are being warned against submerging themselves in the hot springs below the Hoover Dam due to the risk of infection by deadly brain-eating amoebas.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Although kelp behaves and looks like a plant, it’s a protist, the same group as single-cell amoebas.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The researchers used amoebas as “virus bait,” they said, because they thought it would be a good way to search for viruses without propagating ones that could spread to animals or humans.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
Not only that, Amá says I should earn my quinceañera, even though I would rather eat a bowl of amoebas than go through with it.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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