tooth
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Agnew mailed Merriam a single tooth, but the bearskin had already been sent to someone in Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some investors are worried that this artificial-intelligence-powered bull market might be getting a little long in the tooth as it approaches its fourth birthday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“We should be fighting tooth and nail to retain all of our companies,” Walker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I didn’t lose my sweet tooth, nor did I turn away from carbonation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Little Fern had grabbed my pointer finger and was working on it with her new bottom tooth.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Ten tackles a game last season became as routine as brushing his teeth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Barnard tells BBC Newsbeat he feels he got into racing by the "skin of my teeth", due to the extreme costs it takes to climb the motorsport ladder.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’d sometimes entertain colleagues by pulling out a bridge that covers his missing front teeth.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I got up at 9:30 today and the first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They clanked together in a way that set my teeth on edge as I deposited the whole lot on the floor at Regan’s feet.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Previous finds from the site include early snakes and small saber toothed mammals.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
Bladder, toothed and spiral wracks often have notably higher antioxidant contents than many other seaweeds.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
During opening weekend on March 16, the museum was a hive of freckles and gap toothed grins, with visitors ranging in age from newborn to well seasoned.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
I didn't have a good answer to that, and instead toothed my bottom lip to keep it from quivering.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
The strange feature in this case is the zig-zag "toothing" which is employed to represent the jaws.
From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
The depth of the toothing is 18 mm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
It frequently happens, that during Dentition, or the Time of their toothing, Children prove subject to Knots or Kernels.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Unwittingly one will reason as if the slight variation were a toothing stone set up by the organism and reserved for a later construction.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
The depth of the toothing is 10 mm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
