strand
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At the summit, the discipline that got you up the mountain is the very thing that can strand you on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
When a specific location is activated, the inner electrode generates protons that lower the local pH and allow the DNA strand to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Large groups strand together, she explained, because they travel in the same currents and are deposited along coastlines at the same time.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The script is by David Koepp of the paranoid thriller “Black Bag” and Spielberg’s 2005 version of “War of the Worlds,” yet, this plot strand about private enterprise isn’t science fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
He decided he could make one of rope, a single floating strand on which he could pull himself across.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Vocabulary lists containing strand
The Cay
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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