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glue

[gloo] / glu /


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"They glue together and block transportation within the neuron," Tyagi explains.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Still, some within and around the court saw him as the court’s glue, bringing levity in his interactions with his colleagues and avoiding hard-edge commentary in his opinions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

According to the affidavit, Dale asked to be wrapped “like a mummy” with plastic wrap, and to glue a pair of women’s boots to his feet.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Today, iCloud is the glue for Apple’s ecosystem.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

She’s the glue that holds them all together.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Nvidia glues everything together with software called CUDA, short for “compute unified device architecture.”

From Barron's May 29, 2026

When counterfeiters make fake versions—phony name-brand sneakers, for instance—they don’t use the same materials, glues, dyes and paints that the legitimate manufacturer does.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

But despite its water-sensitive glues and exposed hydraulics, the seahorse completed its route intact.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 3, 2026

Restoring a Rothko painting is a difficult task because "Rothko's mixture of pigments and resins and glues were quite complex", Mr Helm said.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2025

Meanwhile, the Doctorita glues pictures of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse onto the wood.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

For the first time the whole game, all the players glued their eyes to the plate, conversations and catch-ups stopped mid-sentence.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Fans will then be glued to the table showing the best third-placed teams, hoping that Scotland can remain among the top eight sides who will progress.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

At a time when housing market stats reflect the same old slump, investors will keep their eyes glued to the 10-year yield.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

Sagan was glued to a group chat of revenue-management colleagues firing off messages in real-time to make surgical adjustments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

But Abby hopped down the porch steps, grabbed it, and turned it slowly, a smile spreading as she noticed the freckles and eyelashes I’d glued in place one by one with Nan’s tweezers.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

If using a homemade winder,*** consider gluing or taping the string to the winder so that your string stays connected if you happen to use all of your string to fly the kite.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

Other recent protests have involved activists blocking highway traffic in various parts of Italy, and gluing hands of activists to the protective glass of a Botticelli painting in the Uffizi Gallery.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

Together with the team, he analyzed it by first cutting a very thin slice about 50 micrometers thick and then gluing it onto glass.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

The Tomorrow’s World presenter was gluing himself to the ceiling of the studio.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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