spindle
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The researchers discovered that ARK1 plays a central role in organizing the spindle, the cellular structure that separates genetic material so new parasite cells can form.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Then push the spindle against something hard to slide the motor assembly out the bottom.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
“The curse says that the princess will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. Well, do you see anything sharp on this wheel? Here’s the spindle.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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