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Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Patients must meet certain criteria for a diagnosis: a combination of clinical symptoms and lesions characteristic of MS that show up on an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
It bent over, clamped the cord with its pincers and tucked the cord along a shelf to clear a path.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
These included an oval opening where the spinal cord connected to the brain and a distinctive crest shaped like an hourglass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Only your mom when she takes your power cord.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Liberal Democrat Anna Sabine lost her voice for several months following a thyroid operation in June, which cut one of the nerves to her vocal cords, leaving her with a condition called vocal cord paralysis.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Room Rater built an audience scoring Zoom backgrounds for lighting, depth, art and visible cords; books themselves became set dressing.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
To investigate how neutrophils influence healing, the researchers studied larval zebrafish, which are able to regenerate damaged spinal cords.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
At 43, Laferte’s vocal cords have reached a decadent peak — angry and ragged, deliciously wounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
My hands connect the cords, and I feel a buzz of electricity as the lights flood our neighborhood in color.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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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
Even though it’s so cliche, Runyon is convenient, so I will go there, listen to music in my corded headphones and maybe I’ll plan for my podcast that week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
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
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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
Today, we see a wide array of trim options, including cording, ruffled edges, pleated corners and more.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
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
By the light of a sullen smoky fire and oil-smeared torches Pedro and Lourenço made up their packs, cording them roughly with bark-cloth strips brought from headquarters.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
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