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These cells can grow excessively in rheumatoid arthritis and contribute to inflammation, thickening of joint tissue, and damage to cartilage and bone.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that begins in the bone marrow, which varies based on the type of blood cell affected and the stage of the disease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

A warm bowl of my mother’s homemade soup, complete with a pack of instant noodles bathed in a gingery collagen-rich bone broth and topped with fresh corn, bok choy and a soft-boiled egg, was medicine.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

She's "cut to the bone" by the careless words of a lover.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“A dead starfish—a Karkaran starfish: they shine like stars for a hundred years! Dead, half grown! The bone of a newborn hippocamp!”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

We have too many bones in the foot, a spine ill-suited for upright walking and neurons that are sluggish and error-prone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The whole film is hazy — literally — with plumes of mist rippling through soundstages so stripped of life they resemble the bones of a dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Their thicker, sturdier bones were better able to spread out the forces created when the animals stood upright.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Small digs have since uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Now I can feel in my bones the meaning of that ugly word, expulsion.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.

From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021

Fiona said she boned up for the task by watching “one YouTube video that we didn’t even finish. We watched the first five minutes.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2020

The faces are the same, too, seamed, dark-eyed, significandy boned.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Long story short, it’s probably time for every American to start boning up on this stuff just in case they find themselves in a conversation with Hugh Hewitt.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

Della Donna started boning up on criminal law, talking to every criminal attorney she could find and eventually turning to UCI Law School.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon ● May 31, 2022

Mondale spent those few wilderness years practicing law but in truth boning up for a presidential run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021

Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin