glue
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He coats the eggs with glue secreted from his legs and attaches clusters of egg sacs to his own body while they develop.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Here is this meager little mustache that someone made me, and I glue it on every night,” he says, holding up two tiny hairy wings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Equipped with super glue and expanding foam, the mystery vigilante has defaced dozens of newly installed parking meters across North Berwick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If he flew too high the sun might melt the glue and the wings drop off.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
In 2012, Verdine launched a biotech, Warp Drive Bio, to look for molecular glues out in the wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nvidia glues everything together with software called CUDA, short for “compute unified device architecture.”
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
"These often have added chemicals, flavourings, stabilisers and glues, are often lacking many real nutrients and could have a detrimental effect on someone's health," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
But despite its water-sensitive glues and exposed hydraulics, the seahorse completed its route intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the Doctorita glues pictures of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse onto the wood.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
The uncertainty has left traders like Babin glued to headlines about possible fuel-export restrictions by the U.S. and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many through their hands, families are glued to the screen.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
A new gold Flash appears right after: families, glued to the TV as they wait with bated breath and watch the news.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"The spermine is like cheese that connects the long, thin noodles without gluing them together, making them easier to digest."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, both 22, launched two tins of tomato soup on to the painting at the National Gallery in central London, later gluing their hands to the wall beneath it.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Other recent protests have involved activists blocking highway traffic in various parts of Italy, and gluing hands of activists to the protective glass of a Botticelli painting in the Uffizi Gallery.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
They and colleagues also measured birds’ appetites by gluing clay models of caterpillars onto branches.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2023
After hours of gluing, stuffing, and tying, we hear the doorbell ring.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
