cleft
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Habermas was born with a cleft palate that required repeated operations as a child, an experience he later said helped shape his thinking about language and communication.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
He had the darkest eyelashes I’ve ever seen, short and tidy fingernails, and a cleft chin that could fit a Canadian loonie.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024
“It certainly happened to me,” said Schimberg, who has a cleft palate.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
The model will allow them to rapidly screen thousands of dietary and environmental factors in a laboratory dish before testing the impact of specific factors on cleft susceptibility in mouse models.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024
“You can see the entrance there. Halfway up, between die weirwoods, that cleft in the rock.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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