bone
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The growing capabilities of AI give new meaning to working yourself to the bone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
They crunch into every flavor of Wingstop and rack up millions of views; they clean Korean fried chicken drums in one fell bite, without leaving a trace of meat on the bone.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Richards said: "They don't need to be fed. A lot of people are thinking: 'It's bone dry out there, everything is brown', but the deer don't need supplementary feeding here at Richmond Park."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Late in the season, he jammed his left elbow sliding into home plate, jarring loose some bone chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
When he tried to get out of bed, he tumbled right over and fell on his funny bone.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The internet as we knew it might have been torn down to the studs by Silicon Valley bigwigs looking to sell the wiring for scrap, but the bones are still good.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Other discoveries include glass beads, stone tools, nails, and animal bones from meals that included turtle, freshwater fish, and turkey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
A woman and her friend spotted the bones while visiting the Nevada side of the reservoir, which is located on the border with Arizona.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
To alleviate the boredom we give the dogs large beef bones to chew and play with.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
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
She borrowed a dress from her sister — Bellville Sassoon, black velvet, backless with boned bodice and huge skirt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
She was big boned and solid, with intense blue eyes, a generous mouth, and soothing hands with short fingernails.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Per the film, this is a natural consequence of not boning up on your “Emily Post.”
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
In most cases, animals are being harvested but there aren’t enough people to handle normal value-added processes such as boning, trimming and curing.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Mondale spent those few wilderness years practicing law but in truth boning up for a presidential run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
“Everyone else was fiddling with chicken breasts and coriander, boning out quail and making food look like something it wasn’t,” she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
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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