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tube

[toob, tyoob] / tub, tjub /


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The procedure involves the cutting and then clamping or sealing of the vas deferens, a tube on each testicle that carries sperm to the urethra.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The male bear—later identified as a known burglar named Judy—moseyed into a bathroom, put its paws on the counter and sniffed a tube of toothpaste before leaving.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

For the entirety of his short life at the neonatal intensive care unit, he had the cannula through his nose to facilitate his breathing and a feeding tube between his lips.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

In March 1989, a midday tube rupture at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo sent cleaning solvent-filled steam into the air and trashed the paint jobs on about 2,000 neighboring cars and trucks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

But another great container for standing waves actually holds standing waves of air inside a long, narrow tube.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Miso, honey and red-pepper flakes deepen the mixture; pasta water turns it glossy enough to tuck itself into the tubes and folds of a sturdy short pasta.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

On summer weekends, thousands show up in Guerneville with kayaks, canoes, inner tubes — just about anything that will float, preferably with a cooler attached.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

When touched, these cells fire toxic harpoon-like tubes designed to paralyse prey, such as plankton and small fish.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

But when we finally got into the ward, Grandpa Dodzi was hooked up to tubes and wires, unmoving and unconscious.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

This device comes in two forms, tubed and tubeless.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago within the Kingdom of Denmark, where there is also a strong affinity for meat served in tubed form.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2024

For trans men, testosterone and mastectomy were common, but genital surgeries remained rare, in part because phalloplasty had only minimally evolved beyond Gillies’s tubed pedicle of the 1940s.

From New York Times May 10, 2022

He was a tall Dane, holding a tubed black device that he called a smoking gun.

From The New Yorker Apr. 4, 2016

Even during her year in London she had joined other girls in weekend bicycling excursions out of town, or tubed to Golder's Green or Shepherd's Bush in search of country walks.

From The Nest Builder by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

Certain lots were found to have internal tubing tears, which risk under-delivering insulin to patients.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Dow told customers this week that it plans to double a previously announced 15-cent-a-pound price hike for polyethylene, which is used to make products including bottles, bags, tubing and textiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

He took out a piece of surgical tubing and said, “Put this in your mouth.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2025

This scenic stretch of Texas Hill Country, usually a destination for tubing and camping, became the site of one of the state’s deadliest flood events in years.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2025

Each desk has two lamps with green glass shades, and two microscopes, old microscopes, with heavy thin tubing and brass fittings.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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