reed
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Seiler then had the children of friends write passages on fresh papyrus using traditional reed pens and the prepared inks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Though piano, synthesizer and what seems to be a reed instrument are audible, it comes across as something created spontaneously with toys and noise-making devices discovered in a room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has highlighted a failing tidal valve and crumbling sea wall which are letting salt water flood grazing marshland and wash away birds' nests and reed beds.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
For example, in the early 1990s, he and his colleagues examined standard recommendations for conserving reed beds—important habitats for birds that become overgrown with trees over time.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
I knotted their frayed ends together with the wires that sprouted off the reed, just as I’d always pictured.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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The nibbled plants are stashed in small piles amongst the reeds by the water voles to eat later.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Paddle in hand, he now collects the rubbish that accumulates in the reeds along the swampy banks to sell to recycling companies.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Now I have more time for it, steaming it in a woven Algerian basket that infuses the aroma of the reeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The helicopter-based survey was carried out last year after scientists observed freshwater emerging under pressure in parts of the exposed lakebed in Farmington Bay, forming unusual mounds covered in dense phragmites reeds.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
When early civilizations started pressing reeds to clay tablets, carving figures in stone, and daubing ink on parchment and on papyrus, number systems had already been well-established.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Music - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - Introductory
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