tube
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In the best-case scenarios, babies can require weeks in intensive care and nutritional feeding through a tube or IV and corrective surgery.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The male bear—later identified as a known burglar named Judy—moseyed into a bathroom, put its paws on the counter and sniffed a tube of toothpaste before leaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For the entirety of his short life at the neonatal intensive care unit, he had the cannula through his nose to facilitate his breathing and a feeding tube between his lips.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
In March 1989, a midday tube rupture at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo sent cleaning solvent-filled steam into the air and trashed the paint jobs on about 2,000 neighboring cars and trucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
You just have to find the brass tube with the right length.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
It was also the size of a school bus, had more than 17,000 vacuum tubes and sucked up 150 kilowatts of electricity an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
When touched, these cells fire toxic harpoon-like tubes designed to paralyse prey, such as plankton and small fish.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The doctor asked Nevins about specific life-sustaining measures like feeding tubes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
For the new study, researchers used identical replicas of MOMA's capillary tubes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
We’re acting goofy, flexing our muscles, sipping from water-backpack tubes and trying not to laugh.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
This device comes in two forms, tubed and tubeless.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago within the Kingdom of Denmark, where there is also a strong affinity for meat served in tubed form.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
The opening of the tubed slide was small, and I thought I should lie down to avoid whacking my head.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2017
He was a tall Dane, holding a tubed black device that he called a smoking gun.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
In 1839 it passed into the hands of Mr. Daniel McLaren, who tubed it at a heavy expense and trouble by sinking a crib twenty-two feet square to a depth of forty feet.
From Saratoga and How to See It by Dearborn, R. F.
Certain lots were found to have internal tubing tears, which risk under-delivering insulin to patients.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Made of plastic tubing and rope, they can be cheaply and easily made.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Performance videos show her surrounded by IV tubing through which a blood-like liquid flows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Dark red fluid can be seen coursing through medical tubing in another, and in a selfie Hadid’s eyes are puffy and teary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
So I'll paraphrase it for you: Me: "This is obviously a clog. How about I take it apart and check the internal tubing?"
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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