forks

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There are other roadblocks and/or forks in the road people face in retirement, including a gradual decline in health, which could lead to the need to live in an assisted-living facility.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Under normal circumstances, BIR helps rescue stalled DNA replication forks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

When my now-husband and I moved into our first apartment, we realized we had between us a motley crew: three forks, two knives, a couple spoons.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Over a dinner of “Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese,” a gloopy, highlighter-yellow bowl of boxed pasta, they raise their forks in agreement: suburbia will be a breeze.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

A short silence falls over our table, broken only by the clang of forks against porcelain, the obnoxious slurping sounds Connor makes as he eats his chow mein.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day