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tube

[toob, tyoob] / tub, tjub /


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By then, 10 days after the re-engineered cells were infused into his body, the buildup of extra fluids caused by Bronkhorst’s cancer had come to a halt, allowing doctors to remove a drainage tube.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

The fossil belongs to Dendrocrinus simcoensis and preserves its tube feet, delicate structures that almost never survive fossilization.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Ducking into Maryam Lashkari, Hodjat Salimi and Oscar Tuazon’s interactive sculpture — an enormous cardboard tube lying on its side — feels like entering a culvert or a bomb shelter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Tracy McGregor recalled the derailment as like a "metal tube carving through the earth", picking up dirt from the field.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Fiona dialed up a half inch of coral lipstick from a black tube and said, “Go like this,” pushing her lips out into a pout.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Crews have already covered the fragile area with 4,500 linear feet of wattles, long tubes whose natural fibers hold soil in place, the National Park Service said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

To test the technology under conditions closer to real-world applications, the researchers applied the polymer coating to copper tubes commonly used in condensers.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Fox had had parts of his spleen, pancreas, and small and large intestine removed, and yet his tubes and catheter were out and he was already walking with a walker.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

She later shared images of herself in hospital with tubes and wires sticking out of her body.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The walls are covered, top to bottom, with shelves of all sizes, crowded with what appear to be radios, clocks, tubes, small motors, and every mechanical device you could imagine— and some you couldn’t.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

"Reckon it is, Welks," said Richard, drawing it through his tubed left hand.

From The Kentons by William Dean Howells

Certain lots were found to have internal tubing tears, which risk under-delivering insulin to patients.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Dow told customers this week that it plans to double a previously announced 15-cent-a-pound price hike for polyethylene, which is used to make products including bottles, bags, tubing and textiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

Work soon began on erecting the towering armature, which is made of 1,800 linear feet of steel tubing and 500 planter boxes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

This scenic stretch of Texas Hill Country, usually a destination for tubing and camping, became the site of one of the state’s deadliest flood events in years.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2025

Later, after Aisha changed the IV tubing and raised the head of the bed like I’d asked, I thought about what had happened to me.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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