inside out
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The chemical is known to slowly kill trees from the inside out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"That material is normally permanently buried -- we can only infer what's there. Here, a catastrophic event essentially turned these ancient moons inside out, and we get to see what was hidden inside."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
I am currently serving my 17th year for manslaughter, and reporting on systemic issues within the criminal legal system from the inside out.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"They actually cook themselves from the inside out," says Comont.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Unless he turns his clothes inside out, which I am fairly confident he doesn’t know to do, he’ll never find us.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
A reverse sprinkler works more like an "inside-out rocket," because water jets travel inward and enter the central chamber where the arms connect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s to create the conditions for inside-out innovation.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
"These characters have this shared secret world they all know about and in real life, we have something similar as we're the only people who know the show inside-out."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Sinner and Alcaraz haven’t merely spent the season taking complete control of pro tennis—they’ve also spent it learning each other’s games inside-out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025
If we think about emotion this way — as outside-in, not inside-out — it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
