bones

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The puppet depicts Paine as a skeleton because Fitzgerald - AKA graphic artist Polyp - was moved by the mysterious story of the disappearance of Paine's exhumed bones after his death.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Despite its hackneyed space western narrative, the film has good bones.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

Teenager Yenderlin Cabarza waited alone in an emergency room on Thursday, her bones broken by two powerful earthquakes that devastated Venezuela the day before.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Researchers combined this non-destructive luminescence method with established chemical analyses, allowing them to identify burned animal bones with a high level of confidence.

From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026

Then Tante Jans standing in her doorway with a look that froze in the bones the thought of bouncing a ball.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom