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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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He compared the idea to treating a broken bone with a cast.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Assessing 50 male competitive cyclists, Keay found in her initial screenings that nearly half had poor bone health and 25% were suffering from REDs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

"We are absolutely devastated to hear what has happened. Helen was a beautiful person. She didn't have a bad bone in her body," Woodrow told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

He showed signs of mental decline, and shortly after leaving office, was diagnosed with an aggressive stage-4 prostate cancer that had spread to his bone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mudd informed Booth that he had a broken bone about two inches above the ankle joint.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

In St. Louis, an interior designer shared her love of Pilates, escape rooms and collecting angel figurines and animal bones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He had such brittle bones that he was told his career could be over.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The next day, Watters made no bones about El-Sayed’s appeal.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

During deep sleep, the body releases growth hormone, a powerful chemical messenger that helps build muscle, strengthen bones, and regulate fat metabolism.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

They boiled water and the leftover chicken bones and spooned the broth in Gran’s mouth.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.

From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021

Fiona said she boned up for the task by watching “one YouTube video that we didn’t even finish. We watched the first five minutes.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2020

Señor Elfren Esposito was small boned, thin, and older than his cousin.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Long story short, it’s probably time for every American to start boning up on this stuff just in case they find themselves in a conversation with Hugh Hewitt.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

Turducken recipes are quite long and involved but in short, the process involves boning a chicken and laying it flat side down on plastic wrap on top of a cutting board.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2021

In most cases, animals are being harvested but there aren’t enough people to handle normal value-added processes such as boning, trimming and curing.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

“I bought a mannequin and new boning, then I took the dresses apart and combined them.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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