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Getting a single crystal to grow into the shape of the blade instead isn't just a matter of cooling the molten version down slowly, the process also uses a bizarre trick called a pigtail.

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

That compares to five minutes and nine minutes, respectively, for BYD’s second-generation blade battery and flash charging technology, which the Chinese auto giant unveiled in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She had Nighthand’s glamry blade in her hand.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

To grow one of these blades, asserts Fifoot, is to "fight the laws of the universe".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

And these hardy blades are not sculpted or cut from their material – they are grown.

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

"Laos has so much natural resources" -- wind, hydro and solar, Narut told AFP in an interview held below the spinning blades of a 110-metre-high turbine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Put away your little daggerette,” he said, “or I won’t speak to you. I don’t like what blades do to a conversation, do I.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell