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tongue

[tuhng] / tʌŋ /


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Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"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

For the first time in their history, the English possessed, in their own hands and in their native tongue, the entire New Testament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

You put a little bit under your tongue and it dissolves, and it’s got like every single mineral in it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

He reared his head back, stuck his tongue out at me about a thousand times, then slithered on through the brush and disappeared.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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