skin
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Costume designer Colleen Atwood devised the ensemble, while Ed Cubberly created the famous fiberglass muzzle, deliberately leaving it uncoated to evoke the look of dried, taut skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In 2019, Kennedy was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer, which, over the following years progressed to further discoveries and a stage 4 diagnosis.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Photorealistic renderings of shrimp that resemble life preservers and chicken parts with the texture of dinosaur skin have elicited disgust and nausea, with an undercurrent of existential, eldritch horror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The study, titled "Topical ABT-263 treatment reduces aged skin senescence and improves subsequent wound healing," examined a drug called ABT-263 and its effects on wound repair in older mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
It creates deformities on the skin, which are often prevalent on any exposed area of the body, like the face.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The menu includes salt-and-pepper chicken skins with sweet-and-sour sauce and something called the Viet Dip, a sandwich served with a little cup of pho jus.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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
After living inside these characters’ skins for so many years, what’s it like to be done playing them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
One prominent enthusiast had 40,000 skins, almost certainly preserved with arsenic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The air was filled with dragons —great beasts of power and majesty, creatures with jeweled eyes and burnished skins.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Sven Botman: Like Thiaw, could not cope with Calvert-Lewin and was skinned so easily for Leeds' second goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
With the help of neighbors, he skinned it, securing enough meat for the entire settlement for several days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 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
Jack had knocked Hazel off first and she’d skinned her knee on the concrete, bright red like a berry.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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
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
Underestimated, manipulative, impulsive, she’s as comfortable skinning a rabbit as she is defrosting a roast.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
“I need t’nother but the innkeep’s still skinning rats in the back room.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
