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  • plural of bone.
  • present tense form of bone (3rd person singular).
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But a large review published in The BMJ suggests that, for most older people, these supplements provide little to no meaningful protection against falls or broken bones.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

For more than a century, scientists have tried to reconstruct the biology of Tyrannosaurus rex from bones, teeth, footprints, and other traces left behind more than 60 million years ago.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

One in eight of the men who enlisted in the UK left their bones in the fields of Flanders and France, Mesopotamia and Gallipoli.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Instead, I picked around fish bones and stared at the mess I had made behind me.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

‘Don’t move,’ breathed a voice in Torak’s ear, ‘don’t make a sound, and don’t touch the bones!’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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