sheath
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"The crystallisation basins are covered by grass and sheath and so on. This is not the landscape that usually salinas are," she said, explaining the changes to the area that saltwork pumping created.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The judge who sentenced Digwa said he was carrying a knife in a sheath, as well as a second, larger dagger linked to his tradition as a member of the Nihang order of Sikhs.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The myelin sheath is a protective coating that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Calvin Klein, where Bessette worked before marrying JFK Jr., has a “90s Edit” on its website showcasing sheath dresses, white button-down shirts and other minimalist looks from the era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
His voice was quiet, but all the other boys suddenly fell still, for in his tone as in Jasper’s the spite between them now sounded plain and clear as steel coming out of a sheath.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Standard CD20 antibodies are an established treatment for MS, with the antibodies targeting the renegade autoimmune cells that damage nerve sheaths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
It requires a level of physical brain development called mylenation — the growth of fatty sheaths that wrap around nerve cells, insulating them and allowing information to travel more quickly and efficiently through the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
The extraordinary darkness that sheaths the Atacama, which stretches for hundreds of miles in Chile’s north, has made it a haven for astronomers searching for planets and stars shimmering in the night sky.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
The delicate tissue sheaths that insulate each biological circuit lay in “disorganized clumps,” and throughout Mr. Card’s brain there was scarring and inflammation suggesting repeated trauma.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
They gleamed as he drew them from their black sheaths, wrought of some strange metal, light and strong, and set with many fiery stones.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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