hourglass
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These included an oval opening where the spinal cord connected to the brain and a distinctive crest shaped like an hourglass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some are fighting back with strict limits on weekend work, including one woman who bought a $30 hourglass to limit her Sunday work to 60 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
The hourglass silhouette – the cinched in waist and fuller skirt – felt pointed and intentional.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Hannah Relf sat at home, writing up her latest findings on the depths of the hourglass range of alethiometer meanings.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Sand clocks, known as hourglasses, are another key motif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
It is true that the bouquets are not wilting and that there aren’t human skulls or hourglasses inserted into the compositions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014
"I still have the same excitement level," said Charles Edwards of Portland, Ore., who has been making slow-dripping sculptures of coffee makers and hourglasses inspired by the experiment since 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2013
It's impossible to tell how many hourglasses have passed.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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