bone
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He compared the idea to treating a broken bone with a cast.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Just skin and bone," said a doctor, shaking his head, as he looked at their wasted limbs.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We are absolutely devastated to hear what has happened. Helen was a beautiful person. She didn't have a bad bone in her body," Woodrow told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
“When partnered with resistance training, it can increase bone mineral content and reduce that reabsorption of the bone. To help prevent osteopenia and osteoporosis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The cold had deadened his limbs to sticks of bone and flesh, working without feeling to keep his head above the surface.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
In St. Louis, an interior designer shared her love of Pilates, escape rooms and collecting angel figurines and animal bones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He had such brittle bones that he was told his career could be over.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The next day, Watters made no bones about El-Sayed’s appeal.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The desert's exceptionally arid conditions have helped preserve materials that would normally deteriorate over time, including hair, bones, clothing, leather, pigments, and decorated pottery.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
If I went back, I knew my bones would turn dry and crumble away.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
She logged thousands of miles on the road — she had ditched the BMW for a Ford F-150 pickup — and boned up on local issues, like broadband internet access and tick control.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.
From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021
Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Per the film, this is a natural consequence of not boning up on your “Emily Post.”
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
Long story short, it’s probably time for every American to start boning up on this stuff just in case they find themselves in a conversation with Hugh Hewitt.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
Della Donna started boning up on criminal law, talking to every criminal attorney she could find and eventually turning to UCI Law School.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Mondale spent those few wilderness years practicing law but in truth boning up for a presidential run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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