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blade

[blayd] / bleɪd /
NOUN
cutting tool
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This is because each molten blade would naturally cool into a solid object consisting of many small grains of metal alloy, all jumbled together.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Alongside the shoulder blade, archaeologists recovered a nearly complete right hand, two ribs from the left side, a fragment of a right rib, and seven teeth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

All the while, another machine consisting of a motor, a cylindrical blade assembly and a conveyor belt swallowed logs into one end and delivered a stream of wood chips out the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Shekhar, who neglected to pack a razor blade and asks to borrow one, is persuaded not to shave after polling his friends, who also intend, at first, to rough it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He especially couldn’t see how battling the magistrate wore Mama down the same way fat wore the edge off a blade.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

"It's about as complicated as manufacturing gets," says Ben Fifoot, manufacturing engineer at Rolls-Royce, which makes turbine blades in the UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

All the while, China is desperate to prove that its engineers can produce turbine blades of the same quality as those in the West.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Special ceramic coatings also protect blades from extreme temperatures inside engines.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The turbines are built from scooter motors and old water tanks cut into blades.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

A hundred fireflies lounge on the blades of grass, like a galaxy of tiny suns.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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