beetle
Example Sentences
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Or could it be a gold, labradorite beetle ring from Awe Inspired’s newest jewelry collaboration with Jhené Aiko?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The cuticular hydrocarbons have another function: they form a waxy barrier that prevents the beetle from drying out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
“So the kind of behavior and cell biology that’s required to integrate the beetle into the nest is the very thing that stops it ever leaving the colony,” Parker said, describing it as a “Catch-22.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
The methylglycosides are also resistant to beetle enzymes that would normally break them down and restore their toxicity through hydrolysis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
This blue girl had Sarai’s face, and she wasn’t wearing some gown of beetle wings and daggers, but the same lace-edged white slip Sarai had worn the first night.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
