thermometer

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"Imagine TRPM8 as a microscopic thermometer inside your body," said Hyuk-Joon Lee, a postdoctoral fellow in Seok-Yong Lee's laboratory at Duke University.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

"How pitiful," he said, lowering a thermometer into the water.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

A separate yellow warning for low temperatures and ice has been issued for a wide area, with the thermometer expected to drop to between -2C and -4C.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The Scot brought a thermometer to last year’s contest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

His teeth started chattering so violently that the doctor couldn’t get the thermometer into his mouth.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple