flesh and blood

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Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?

From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026

Dude No. 1 will always be Brady, a sixth-round pick now immortalized outside Gillette Stadium with a behemoth bronze statue that’s probably only a tick slower in the 40 than the flesh and blood original.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Often, it's the first time a medical student works with real flesh and blood - an experience that can't be replicated from a textbook.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

"There are two Elizabeth Taylors . . . One is flesh and blood, and one is cellophane."

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

Then she begun to cry again, talking about how her own flesh and blood rose up to curse her.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner