bone
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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
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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
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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
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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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