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[spahyn] / spaɪn /


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Garces Perez says doctors couldn’t remove the bullet because it had lodged near his spine and ICE wanted to move him to a detention center, where he remains in custody.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified it as a human sacrum, the triangular bone at the base of the spine, and submitted it to a state Department of Justice system of DNA samples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Since then, of course, Villa's spine has been torn out and Emery has to integrate 10 new players into his methodical methods.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gao has chronic lumbar spine disease and arthritis, and his health has deteriorated in custody, his brother said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The shriveled-up face staring at me sent shivers up my spine.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Under a microscope, researchers watched the sea spider wrap these appendages around its legs and use comb-like spines to groom and clean its body.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The larvae use their screwlike spines to burrow into and feed on tissue, often resulting in an infection that can kill an animal in weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Cheesy words in normal circumstances, but that was the moment our spines began to tingle and we knew we were about to witness history.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Lon tapped his fingers against each of the spines and slipped one of the books into his arms.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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