egg
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She was a fan of hard-boiled eggs and slices of fresh avocado, and she, too, loved to read about the pink of strawberry ice lollies and the red of sunsets and the orange of oranges.
Often, they egg each other on, cheer and raise their hands in celebration or disappointment.
For her, to go back to Europe with a nest egg was maybe worth it.
From Barron's
They mate for life and only lay one egg every two years which they raise on breeding islands.
From BBC
They vaccinated mice with ovalbumin, a protein found in egg whites that is often used to study immune reactions to a specific antigen.
From Science Daily
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