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
“The declines may be shrouded with ominous headlines, but the percentage drop in the index is just a mere flesh wound.”
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
He offered to show me a large surgery scar, rolling up his right sleeve to reveal the pale pink flesh — and a well-trained bicep.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
That was the first time I've seen Rayan Cherki in the flesh and when he came on you could tell what an intelligent footballer he is.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
The telescope itself provides a form of space travel; as Hooke put it, a ‘transmigration into heaven, even whil’st we remain here upon earth in the flesh’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing flesh
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 3
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I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
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