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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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I have terrible hips — bursitis and everything — and they hurt so bad that I thought maybe I broke a bone or something.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Most recently, Tulsi Gabbard said last week she was resigning from her post as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's recent bone cancer diagnosis.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

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

From Salon • May 27, 2026

He needed surgery to remove a bone chip in his left elbow, a procedure that typically sidelined players for several months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

If Mom had to break a bone, why couldn’t it have happened at home, instead of out on this island, miles from medical help?

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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