body
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Father and son are helped by a trio of friendly spirits, who enter Lincoln’s body and encourage him to accept Willie’s demise, so that Willie can move on as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
That raises a fundamental question: what actually happens to the body as it ages, and could those biological changes someday be treated in much the same way as disease?
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The paranoid body fought itself while seeking out danger, leaving lasting scars in the process.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even from outside the front door, medics detected the strong and distinct smell of a decomposing human body.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In cold water, you shiver—your muscles spasm—to heat up your body.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Their results reveal strikingly different outcomes depending on the temperature and structural properties of the two bodies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
One key change they proposed would largely restrict federal protections to bodies of water that remain year-round under normal conditions, aside from a 30-day interruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Kate’s and Maggie’s bodies were placed in a public vault due to lack of funds.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Their ancient relatives were likely similar in being soft bodied marine organisms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
But Colón’s instrumental preference changed once he heard the bodied timbre of Mon Rivera’s all-trombone brass lineup marching to a bomba beat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
He bodied Walker at one stage, put him on the ground.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
Unlike the long-limbed, long bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dispensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2019
Finally, Pena jumped into the fray, bodying up post players over a half-foot taller.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2017
There is no other singer I can think of who is better or more practiced at bodying existential duress.
From The New Yorker ● May 5, 2016
They are the "bodying forth" of thoughtful feelings for the comfort of others.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Expository Writing, List 1
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Literary Terms, Grade 6, Units 2–3
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