appendages
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The ghostly appendages stack themselves in front of the singer, forming a protective wall, then reassemble to ring her like an oval frame around a portrait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
At the same time, Lee and his colleagues were building a connectome of the fruit fly nerve cord, which controls the legs, wings, and other appendages while also processing sensory information.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
They were moving wildly—a dozen black-bristled appendages roughly the size of his own arms and with pincers for grasping prey and dragging it toward...its mouth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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