spine
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"Whispering" Bob, who presented the show for 27 years, announced his departure in June, weeks after revealing his prostate cancer has spread to his spine.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Garces Perez says doctors couldn’t remove the bullet because it had lodged near his spine and ICE wanted to move him to a detention center, where he remains in custody.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified it as a human sacrum, the triangular bone at the base of the spine, and submitted it to a state Department of Justice system of DNA samples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Iron, a realistic-looking robot with electronic skin and a bionic spine, could deliver a hardware gross margin of more than 50%, said Gu, who is also vice chairman of the Guangzhou-based company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Countless dance lessons had made her spine limber as a cat’s, and she never tired of showing off.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Book publisher Penguin has just breathed new life into the bird that has adorned its book spines since 1935.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said that young people should stiffen their spines and embrace hardship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The current crisis in Iran has sent memories bubbling to the surface for the collective, and chills down the spines of viewers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
It is a noise that stops humans in their tracks, sends shivers up their furless spines.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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