skin
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Laura was referred to an NHS eye specialist who said "excessive skin" had been removed.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"It makes you feel weak, like you're pulling something out of your skin," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
So, how best to look after teenage skin?
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Visible pores, blackheads, blemishes, pigmentation, redness and scarring are all very normal for teenage skin, says Dr Kentley.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I was ready to jump out of my skin.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
It’s not like furniture or jewelry or cars; it comes entangled with thin skins, volatile tempers, melodrama galore—our whole business model is built on emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Peeling produces a slightly cleaner finished syrup, but because the mixture will eventually be strained, leaving the skins on works perfectly well.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Because the skins retain biological material, parchment can preserve genetic clues alongside the words written on its surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wilson got us to look at ourselves by looking far beyond ourselves in other cultures and other universes and under our own skins.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
After the pigs were scalded in the big iron tripod kettle and their skins were scraped and white, Jody had to go to the water-tub to sit in the grass until his heart grew quiet.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Along with the distinctive doors, the vehicle was skinned with stainless steel—like today’s Tesla Cybertruck—because DeLorean thought Detroit was shortchanging customers with vehicles that would rust too quickly, Stone says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
His family wrote in a tribute: "Our beautiful soft skinned, beautiful long eye lashed boy with a cheeky charming infectious smile that touched everyone's hearts left this dimension early this morning in my arms."
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
It was her husband returning from the day's hunt, a large plastic bag in hand containing a skinned seal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
A magnificent hummus, silky from skinned chickpeas, can stand alone in its glory.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
And since they were at the pool and had a comb, they washed their hair and combed out two days of tangles, which hurt more than the skinned knee.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
I don’t actually know what a Nappa is, but clearly Genesis is skinning the good kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
The vegan son of a butcher, this Dick Turpin, like the prince in “Holy Grail” who just wants to sing, is more interested in doing something big and creative than in skinning rabbits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
That suggests use as a trophy or lion-skin rug, rather than a simple byproduct of skinning the animal for food.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
“Don’t even think about skinning them. No, sir, that’s the last thing in the world you want to do. They’ll have to be taken alive, and not harmed in any way.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
