axis
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The new research focused on the microbiota-gut-brain axis, the two-way communication system linking microorganisms in the digestive tract with the brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Earth all but shifted on its axis following this, due to the breathtakingly bonkers discourse that followed the incident.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
As the main axis is there, I expect them to get very close to winning it again.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The measurements showed that the magnetar's magnetic axis and rotational axis are almost aligned.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
It is the dark axis of the year, when things done are ill done.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Crash axes are stored on aircraft to be used in an emergency to either fight fires or cut through metal in a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
By combining measurements taken along the axes of the jets, the team searched for H-alpha, a characteristic signature of ionized hydrogen gas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Some had spears and some had bows and some had axes.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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