hair
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Researchers polish a section of pottery until it is roughly half the width of a human hair, allowing light from a polarizing microscope to pass through it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
By high school, my health and hair returned and I was an athlete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the brightly lighted foyer, Valentyna Kyselova adjusts her hair in one of the gilded mirrors, then poses for a selfie with a friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
I push my hair out of my face with my arm, sweaty and covered in slime.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It even features traces of fingerprints and brush hairs are still visible.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It said it was distinctive with a velvety covering of ginger-yellow hairs across its body and no black hairs.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The new Fed chairman, Kevin Warsh, has said he isn’t interested in splitting hairs, adding that he prefers to focus on how the inflation rate looks “to the left of the decimal point.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Roll one corner of a tissue into a long, fine point and gently brush it across the tiny hairs around your lips.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Torak felt the hairs on his arms rise.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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