vertebrae
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In these ancient animals, the individual vertebrae were relatively small and arranged around a much larger tube of soft tissue.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Six months before the show, Ozzy fell and fractured his vertebrae.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Levine, 65, who was on assignment for The Washington Post, was taken to a hospital with broken vertebrae.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Losing weight, whether through diet and exercise or taking a GLP-1 medication, reduces the pressure on spinal discs and vertebrae and the hinge of the knee.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
At the desk, I flipped through the drawings, looking at all the sketches of shark parts—fins, teeth, and vertebrae.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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