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Sister Megan warbles softly at first, before putting the full might of her lungs and vocal cords behind the melody and lyrics.

From Salon

He said he "recently had an operation to remove a lesion from my vocal cords" and that the prognosis was "very positive".

From BBC

Likening the music produced by Jones’ golden vocal cords to that would be pushing it, we know.

From Salon

In fact, during one of her sessions, Nyong’o injured her vocal cords, which forced her to remain silent for three months to avoid surgery for the polyp that had formed on her throat.

To speak, air must move across the vocal cords in the throat.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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