flesh
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Mastick and her team opened 178 cans and carefully dissected the preserved fish, counting tiny parasitic worms known as anisakids embedded in the flesh.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
We create them even as we ignore that they’re flesh and blood just like us.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
BlueScope will flesh out its plans for future shareholder returns, among other priorities, when it reports its half-year earnings later this month, Archibald said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
"It's been like he has been getting his pound of flesh from the players because he knows he is leaving anyway," said one source.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
The cold had deadened his limbs to sticks of bone and flesh, working without feeling to keep his head above the surface.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing flesh
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 3
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I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
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