skeleton
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A baby boy whose skeleton was found beneath floorboards could have died up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard, adding more mystery to what happened to him.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Bowser gets turned into a skeleton version of himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
The New York Times published stories several years ago about former bobsled and skeleton athletes who struggled with symptoms similar to what Person, Sisson and Baird describe.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
The image of Paulie seeing part of his own skeleton made my stomach bottom out.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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