grain
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It weighs less than a tiny fragment of a grain of table salt.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Her singing, fallible yet strong, underscores the music’s essential humanity, and the shape of each verse is as unique as the grain of a given piece of wood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Lord Roberts said the Bengal famine was caused by a typhoon and that Churchill told his war cabinet every effort must be made to help those affected, asking international leaders to send in grain.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
“But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb.”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
She scrambled under the fence, abandoning her grain bag and spear.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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