mouth
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The human mouth is home to roughly 700 species of bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The researchers now want to investigate how bacterial communication varies throughout the mouth and among people at different stages of periodontal disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“When we came in the other night, the first words out of his mouth were ‘I feel amazing.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Ralph's parents grease bottle teats to avoid damaging his mouth and turn his baby-grows inside out to avoid friction from the seams.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
I shouted names until I was hoarse and heard them repeated from mouth to mouth down the long corridor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"Because they promise sweets, but we don't feel any sugar in our mouths."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Farmers worldwide had hoped China’s 1.4 billion mouths would continue devouring more foreign produce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Pride, like Hoy, also left his own unique mark on the game by inspiring the now-ubiquitous practice of players and coaches covering their mouths during meetings at the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Around river mouths, the distance extends to 500 meters from the estuary.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Both of them froze with their mouths hanging open.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When Trump praised Rubio during his State of the Union, the secretary mouthed “thank you,” placed a hand on his heart, and briefly stood to acknowledge the applause before ducking back into his seat.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
In a second phase of the study, the researchers simulated how the body might process lead if children mouthed or chewed on clothing.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
On a bench across from the doors, two immigration agents nodded at each other and one mouthed, “Let’s go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
In consecutive weeks, Myers mouthed "elbows up" at the camera.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025
As Calder mouthed, “Nope,” his dad grinned at him and mouthed back, “Good.”
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
Although a techno remix of Bruno Mars’ “Marry You” was blasting in the video, the DJ’s lips are seen mouthing, “Will you marry me?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
All it would take was mouthing off to the wrong person.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
But this year it was disclosed she sent an email to Epstein weeks later apologizing for bad mouthing him and referring to him as her “supreme friend.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Bailey also requested that Granberry be ordered to stop using his social media platforms to continue "bad mouthing me to his several millions of fans".
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
It seemed rude not to drink it, so I sat opposite him at his kitchen table, my face set in my most professional smile, mouthing reassurance and unnecessary directions for the child’s care.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
