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[kawrd] / kɔrd /


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Worthing FC owner George Dowell MBE, who has a spinal cord injury, says "silly comments" are often to be expected.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Dr. Martin Wessendorf, a neuroscientist and associate professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, studies how the brainstem regulates neurons in the spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

It begins in a midbrain structure called the red nucleus and extends to the opposite side of the spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The movement signals originate in the deepest layers of the optic tectum and travel through nerve fibers to the opposite side of the spinal cord.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Still, these doctors know that the brain sits atop the spinal cord, a thick, bundled cable of thousands of threads.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"I really damaged my vocal cords," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Room Rater built an audience scoring Zoom backgrounds for lighting, depth, art and visible cords; books themselves became set dressing.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Some cats love to chomp on power cords.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Inflammation subsided, and the spinal cords regenerated perfectly, even though the neutrophils themselves were no longer present.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

He clicked his fingers, and the ends of the cords that bound Lupin flew to his hands.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

She was directed down another hall, another locked door, before she finally arrived at a stall with a corded phone.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

The analysis of corded ware vessels also challenges previous considerations.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

The work had been transformed, from an intimate album I’d listened to on an iPod with corded earbuds that didn’t stay put into a lavish stage production with sets, actors, choreography.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

The deep-brown eyes looked at Andy and the thin corded lips moved.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

I rescued an abandoned set of chairs missing their woven seats, watched a YouTube video on cording and turned them into living-room fixtures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Lip cord is a tiny cording that creates a delicate and refined accent.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

Bubble wrap might crush your standard ribbon bows, so the Container Store suggests using more wire-edged ribbon or tulle, which can be fluffed out, or cording.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2020

Jewel-toned blue, green and purple nylon was cut into pretty sleeveless dresses slit and ruched with cording detail to softly accent the body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

Her boxes were ready for cording, and her little parting gifts for the servants laid ready labelled in her drawers, and nothing remained for her busy hands to do.

From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey


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