drumstick
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At one booth, visitors pointed their phones at a humanoid wearing an apron as it gingerly reached for a toy chicken drumstick before clamping down and lifting the fake meat into a bucket.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
You’ll be equal parts annoyed and delighted at its existence, while giving full kudos to the production design team that fashioned a Picasso-esque drumstick for Black to wave around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
"Under the meat of a drumstick, you'll find two bones -- the tibia, which is long and thick, and the fibula, which is much shorter and thinner," Manafzadeh explained.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
Some 75.3 million years ago, a dinosaur swallowed the Cretaceous equivalent of a turkey drumstick.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
She twirled a drumstick in her hand with an attitude that said she wasn’t in the mood to accept self-deprecating comments.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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By the time the night was over, and Dailor was alone out front saying his goodbyes and tossing drumsticks into the crowd, Mastodon showed it was still surviving and thriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Its internal speaker plays a rumbling soundtrack that sends the drumsticks attached to the instrument flittering, giving the sense of a ghostly presence tapping out a brooding dirge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth, appearing alongside his wife, is asked whether he prefers drumsticks, flats, or boneless wings.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
The band posted a series of photos of Williams on Instagram, showing him with drumsticks, flying in an aircraft and various moments with fellow bandmates.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
Maybe we could’ve saved money to buy drumsticks?
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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