tongue
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"There are so many people who have told me this child was bewitched. People magically tied his tongue so he could not speak," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The chocolate should feel deep and adult, the kind that lingers at the back of your tongue.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
It's as much about where one's tongue sits in the mouth as it is about their seating posture, Mielewska explained.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
I was impatient to know what this had to do with me, but I held my tongue.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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