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[spahyn] / spaɪn /


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"Whispering" Bob, who presented the show for 27 years, announced his departure in June, weeks after revealing his prostate cancer has spread to his spine.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Garces Perez says doctors couldn’t remove the bullet because it had lodged near his spine and ICE wanted to move him to a detention center, where he remains in custody.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified it as a human sacrum, the triangular bone at the base of the spine, and submitted it to a state Department of Justice system of DNA samples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Iron, a realistic-looking robot with electronic skin and a bionic spine, could deliver a hardware gross margin of more than 50%, said Gu, who is also vice chairman of the Guangzhou-based company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ben slides the Cog along my neck at the top of my spine, until it catches in the indent at the base of my skull.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

While some books are scanned for various purposes without losing their spines, so-called destructive scanning is considered more efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Book publisher Penguin has just breathed new life into the bird that has adorned its book spines since 1935.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Although the phrase “sharky summer” might send shivers down the spines of some swimmers, Lowe does not believe this is cause for major alarm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Aqueous sunlight rippled over the spines of books and the smell of warm dust was everywhere.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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