tine
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Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
And Kareem and programs like Kareem’s is one tine on the fork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Russell made 11 of 12 field goals and 4 of 5 3-pointers to help the Timberwolves beat the Thunder for second tine in three nights.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
When bubbles puffed up to the surface and the edges turned golden, I flipped them with the tine of a fork.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021
Each tine struck a different Sixer avatar in the chest while somehow arcing harmlessly around everyone else.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vernice eventually realizes that she and her friend have taken “different tines at the fork in the road.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
The stag's antlers, now fully hardened and velvet‑free, regrow each spring, becoming more impressive with each year as new points called tines develop.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
“This sounds trite at this point, but in true Italian-American style, some of my earliest memories are helping my nonna roll gnocchi down the tines of a fork,” she said.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Still humming softly, I placed the tines of the pitchfork into the narrow opening between the jaws of the animal trap.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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The Tower of Nero
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Gone to the Woods
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