hourglass
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These included an oval opening where the spinal cord connected to the brain and a distinctive crest shaped like an hourglass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
For Davis, the jitters so consumed her Sundays that she bought a $30 hourglass to rein them in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
"The hourglass is slowly running out, and time is being wasted," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
“That’s right. So in the hourglass range of meanings you get death. In fact, after time, which is the first one, death is the second one.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Sand clocks, known as hourglasses, are another key motif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
It is true that the bouquets are not wilting and that there aren’t human skulls or hourglasses inserted into the compositions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014
"I still have the same excitement level," said Charles Edwards of Portland, Ore., who has been making slow-dripping sculptures of coffee makers and hourglasses inspired by the experiment since 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2013
I could kiss him for a thousand hourglasses.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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