skeleton
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Nicolas Jackson's equalising goal against the Bees was the first Villa had scored in front of the skeleton that was their North Stand this season.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Although the scientists did not recover a complete skeleton, the preserved backbone provides important clues about the snake's enormous proportions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Here’s the thing about the Neko Health scan: It’s not an MRI, so it can’t see into your organs or skeleton and check for any issues happening there.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
"You can swim for hours and hours along the reef in the lagoon, just skeleton after skeleton. It's all dead," said marine biologist Austin Bowden-Kerby, who visited last year and documented the devastation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
A skeleton key etched with the initials C.B.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The review covered hundreds of species on the IUCN's "red list" -- icons like staghorn and table corals whose mineral skeletons give reefs their dazzling three-dimensional complexity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some tips for scaredy cats: If you don’t like spooky scary skeletons, creepy crawlies, or horror flicks, Halloween season can be a fright to endure.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
He’s said: “I set out to write this book thinking I’d reveal where all the skeletons are buried. Turns out most of them are mine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
BOROVE, Ukraine—Earlier this summer, a small crowd gathered around six freshly exhumed human skeletons protruding from the ground on the edge of a sunflower field in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The skeletons of the green trees curved under the elegant weight of the snow, bowing and twisting like ribbons in the wind.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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