glue
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"We used structural studies and biophysical measurements to determine that TCIP3 acts as a kind of molecular glue, anchoring these proteins together," Gourisankar said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
I published one of the first R.E.M. fanzines, sitting at my kitchen table in my third-floor Hoboken tenement walkup with an X-Acto knife and a glue stick.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to company lore, a retired Swiss triathlete and Ironman champion named Olivier Bernhard couldn’t find a running shoe that met his needs, so he made one himself with a garden hose, scissors and glue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Doncic and returning guard Austin Reaves are the glue that holds the puzzle together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A group of girls glue straw pieces onto the house while the boys chase each other with unplugged hot-glue guns.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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In 2012, Verdine launched a biotech, Warp Drive Bio, to look for molecular glues out in the wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nvidia glues everything together with software called CUDA, short for “compute unified device architecture.”
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
"These often have added chemicals, flavourings, stabilisers and glues, are often lacking many real nutrients and could have a detrimental effect on someone's health," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
But despite its water-sensitive glues and exposed hydraulics, the seahorse completed its route intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the Doctorita glues pictures of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse onto the wood.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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The uncertainty has left traders like Babin glued to headlines about possible fuel-export restrictions by the U.S. and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Just when people thought, “Oh, these kids brought up on social media, TikToks, they’re glued to their phones.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
I keep my eyes glued to the book.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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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
The priceless piece was the second from the National Gallery to be targeted by JSO in 2022, with two activists gluing themselves to John Constable's The Hay Wain in July.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
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
They and colleagues also measured birds’ appetites by gluing clay models of caterpillars onto branches.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2023
Soon, some of them were writing on the envelopes, and others were cutting and curling pieces of tissue, gluing them into flower shapes, and stringing them together to form fluffy garlands.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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