tongue
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Yardy's tongue is slightly in his cheek - but that is a question now facing the world game.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
At the same time, the inner surface of the jaw, which faces the tongue in humans, was oriented upward.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
I’ve caught him out with this slip of the tongue, this phrase from the first telephone call.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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