skeleton
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A Durham Police officer told the coroner the force was contacted on 29 July 2024 after a contractor working on the building found a "small skeleton of a baby under the floorboards".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Anschutz owns the Home Depot Center, where the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams train.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Why is this ancient French skeleton sitting upright?
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
They waded through thick drying grass to get to it and Olanna looked around, half fearing she would see Mama’s skeleton lying somewhere.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Life Science: Human Systems
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