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egg

[eg] / ɛg /


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The Chiefs laid an egg in Seattle, scoring just three points, an all-time low for the Patrick Mahomes era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Daniel Seifert reminds us of the comfort a simple soft-boiled egg can provide.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

The human body contains hundreds of specialized cell types, all of which originate from a single fertilized egg and carry essentially the same genetic instructions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

“It takes around three years from the time a salmon starts out as an egg until it reaches harvest size,” said Bjarne Johansen, Nordlaks’ chief aquaculture officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Soon we will go back to Anna’s. I will cook you an egg, two eggs, Patcheen with the blue stone eyes.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

In Berlin, a protest that was not organised by the "GenZ regelt!" movement took place in the evening, with police reporting they were pelted with eggs and bottles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ciara, 15, is allergic to milk and eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

It influences the sex balance of a clutch of eggs: cooler than average temperatures result primarily in males, warmer than average in females, and normal temperatures in a clutch roughly split between the two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“A few are shellshocked because they spent the majority of their nest eggs to be here, and don’t know how or where they’ll live.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

For as long as she could remember, Chica had been the only turtle to swim out of the sea, back to this beach where she was hatched, to lay her own eggs.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr


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