jelly

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The youngster will need further surgeries, as her parents have been told repairing her heart is like "stitching jelly" and there is more pressure on it than is typical.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The soft material, similar in texture to jelly, gradually dissolves inside the body and may eventually allow for customized implants tailored to individual patients.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

His latest report spotlights one manager’s use of a state-owned Ford F-150, with maps of 47 questioned trips and details of purchases like black jelly beans and Wyatt Earp whiskey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

His family continued the business and in 1966 it rose to fame after then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan discovered the flavorful mini jelly beans.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

A secret about jelly beans and Ingestible Knowledge and an oddball scientist named Haazim Farooqi that they hadn’t shared with anybody, either.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein