tongue
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“Our tongue is like a sword,” RZA once told Vanity Fair.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Langtree-Marsh said although the name "doesn't exactly roll off the tongue", she was happy the definition "moves away from focusing solely on the ovaries".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
He picks up the story of his tongue: “They laid it out there and it was wiggling around,” he says, grinning before turning serious again.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
After puberty, she said, growth hormone won’t make bones grow long, but other parts of the body may grow disproportionately, including the hands, feet, jaw and tongue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
It sounded weird and wrong and the word felt thick on my tongue whenever I said it, so I mostly tried to avoid having to.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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