spindle
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Ellie Knot, of Devon Biodiversity Records Centre, said there were eight species of ermine moth, so it was hard to tell if these were spindle ermine.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Words become a texture of stasis, as when “winding” and “whirring” are repeated multiple times to describe Thorn Rose’s climb to the turret where she finds the fatal spindle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
These spindle microtubules are responsible for pulling the chromatids apart and thus separating the two sister chromatids.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
Jars, baskets, pots; a doll, a spindle, earrings, a photograph, a stack of sticks, a set of silver brushes and a silver cigar case.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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