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[kawrd] / kɔrd /


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Bon Jovi’s “Forever” tour is the first since the namesake frontman had surgery to repair a vocal cord injury in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Meningitis is the swelling of the meninges, the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

But as the price of his satellite service increased, De Salvo cut the cord in 2021 and declined to follow the team to its new TV home on a competing pay channel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

To the west in Duarte, an old tan rotary phone with a very long cord hangs on a tree in a garden.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

When I finished, I wound the cord and placed the vacuum in the storage room.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Shorter cords are also less likely to end up in knotted wads.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Both the deal and the band ended when Taylor developed nodes on his vocal cords, which required him to stay silent for three months.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

More than 2 pounds of honor cords, pins, stoles and medallions — a stash rivaling that of a supreme Allied commander — crashed to the dirt outside the 18-year-old’s Adelanto home.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

"The costs of the products that we are making are being very greatly affected," the 42-year-old said, listing plastic, copper for the vacuum's motor and raw materials in its power cords.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

Whenever she closed her eyes she saw the nets and the two faces there among the cords, Dustfinger’s and the other face, blurred as an old photograph.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

It’s got a purple corded phone, a lava lamp, a beanbag chair … and it happens to be a habitat at a zoo on a planet of bug people.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

She was directed down another hall, another locked door, before she finally arrived at a stall with a corded phone.

From Slate May 2, 2025

The analysis of corded ware vessels also challenges previous considerations.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

He was corded muscle, scars, but only two tattoos—the Dregs’ crow and cup on his forearm and, above it, a black R on his bicep.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

I rescued an abandoned set of chairs missing their woven seats, watched a YouTube video on cording and turned them into living-room fixtures.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Invest in a leather sofa or chair if you love the look and feel, or use it for welt or cording if you want just a touch.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2022

Bubble wrap might crush your standard ribbon bows, so the Container Store suggests using more wire-edged ribbon or tulle, which can be fluffed out, or cording.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2020

Jewel-toned blue, green and purple nylon was cut into pretty sleeveless dresses slit and ruched with cording detail to softly accent the body.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2016

In the square of wan light that came down the scuttle he was cording his hair-trunk—unemotional and very matter-of-fact.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph




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