skeleton
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The 1,200-square-foot Ship Wreck House has three decks and pirate details, such as a water cannon and secret passageway leading to a treasure-themed chamber with a skeleton and a chest of doubloons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"We discovered that this membrane skeleton is actively regulating the nutrient uptake process of neurons," Zhou said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
A dirty grey mound is all that remains of the salt mountains that once filled the building, now a weathered steel skeleton.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Now that Graham’s gone, it’s only fitting that his imaginary grandma rest her bewigged skeleton in that great rocking chair in the sky.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
She’d reached the desktop, with the background picture of all three kids at Halloween last year: Finn as a clown, Emma as a ninja, and Chess as a skeleton.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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They compared those remains with other fossil waterfowl from the site as well as an extensive collection of modern and extinct bird skeletons.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
One of the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed "Gus," was showcased Wednesday at Sotheby's auction house in New York ahead of its sale later this month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Platner, in damage-control mode, acknowledged that he was occasionally a lousy boyfriend but denied any sort of physical abuse, swore that he has cleaned up his act, and pledged that no more skeletons will emerge.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
Archaeologists who come across these 110 skeletons may too easily conclude that most fell victim to some natural disaster.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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