cord
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Perhaps neither man is ready to cut the cord.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In a study published in Cell Reports Medicine, the scientists describe a scalable method for making consistent batches of cancer-targeting T cells from blood stem cells obtained from donated cord blood.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"For the first time, we have shown that neutrophils play a massive, active role in successfully repairing a spinal cord," says Prof. Thomas Becker, who led the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Kehn holds the trap’s pull cord in his clenched fist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The blade was still streaked yellow with mustard, or perhaps it was the gold threads of the bellpull cord, or both.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Some cats love to chomp on power cords.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Inflammation subsided, and the spinal cords regenerated perfectly, even though the neutrophils themselves were no longer present.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
When I did Company, I had to take care of my vocal cords so I didn’t talk basically the whole day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Gillian, Clive and their families are part of research into the condition at Addenbrooke's Hospital and Clive and his daughter Evans have signed up to have their brains and spinal cords donated for research.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
And if he yanked at the cords that hung down, he thought he could probably tip over lamps and make wonderful crashing noises.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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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
His face was lean and brown and corded as jerky and his old eyes were brown, even the whites were brown and deep set so that they looked out of holes.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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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
Leather welt or cording can add to the vibe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 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
Ac- cording to their testimony, Mr. Paine died as he had lived—a believer in God, and a friend of man.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
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