guts

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Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Hypernormalization — the condition in which the gap between official and lived reality becomes so vast that people simply stop believing anything is true — guts civic life and society from the inside.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

“Seeing one up close just guts you,” Belzberg said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Hearts were focused, relentless and eventually victorious; flawed but lacking nothing in guts and will to win.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

I felt a sharp jab in my guts at the mention of my father, like a poisonous bubble bursting, one that I’d been trying to protect in the soft wet of my insides.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline