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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Calcium and magnesium matter for bone, muscle and nerve function, but where possible they should come from food.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Every bone, down to the last dire wolf rib, must be carefully sheathed in a custom foam shell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

He described the pain as "bone rubbing on bone" affecting his mobility, driving and quality of life.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“It’ll be Daniel in the Lion’s den, or David and the Giant, or when Samson took that jackass bone and killed all those people. It’ll be one of those three. It always is.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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