helix
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Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
You can look at friendship as a journey that is like a double helix: Sometimes you and a friend will be in sync financially or emotionally, and other times you’ll be out of alignment.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
One of the most dangerous forms of damage is a double-strand break, which happens when both strands of the DNA helix are cut at the same time.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
Form and content, the visual and the physical, create art’s spellbinding double helix.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Now she was insisting that her data told her DNA was not a helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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