Thesaurus / icky
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The idea of human hearts or livers growing inside an animal may be icky, but tolerable, to some.
SCIENTISTS GREW HUMAN CELLS IN MONKEY EMBRYOS, AND YES, IT’S AN ETHICAL MINEFIELDSHELLY FANAPRIL 20, 2021SINGULARITY HUB She wanted to thrill without making it feel icky or lascivious.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN’S EXPLOSIVE ENDING AND BEST PICTURE CHANCES, EXPLAINEDEMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 16, 2021VOXIn the past decades we’ve learned a lot about the icky ingredients lurking in our favorite personal products.
ARE ‘CLEAN’ COSMETICS BETTER FOR US THAN OTHER BEAUTY PRODUCTS?SARA KILEY WATSONMARCH 17, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEDespite the pandemic’s impact on all of us, sick and healthy, we’ve actually seen a record-breaking low amount of another icky, highly-contagious respiratory virus—the flu.
FLU CASES HAVE BEEN SHOCKINGLY LOW DURING THE PANDEMIC. HERE WHY.SARA KILEY WATSONJANUARY 15, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAdd in the long-term injury factor, and there’s something extra icky about tanking in football in particular.
ARE THE JETS TANKING, OR ARE THEY JUST THIS BAD?SARA ZIEGLER (SARA.ZIEGLER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)DECEMBER 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThree went down on "phthis-icky" and four on "Ticdouloureux."
STRANGE STORIES OF THE GREAT VALLEYABBIE JOHNSTON GROSVENORICKY took flight with them, and got so close to the sun that the wax melted and his wings came off.
PUNCHINELLO, VOL. II., NO. 35, NOVEMBER 26, 1870VARIOUSUncle Icky got out of his bunk, built a fire in the stove and set his coffee to boil.
WHEN THE COCK CROWSWALDRON BAILYThe most important fact is that Icky Jones has been a fool for over twenty year.
WHEN THE COCK CROWSWALDRON BAILYAt Uncle Icky's request, the yacht sailed first for the coast-guard station.
WHEN THE COCK CROWSWALDRON BAILYWORDS RELATED TO ICKY
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