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iron

noun as in hard, ferrous metal

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noun as in restraint made of metal

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Healy's Australia have a few things to iron out but look primed to go deep in this tournament with their skipper returning to this kind of form.

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Another is that human brains are fashioned from completely renewable biological materials, unlike computers and robots, which are built from iron, silicon and other minerals whose extraction requires yet more energy.

As the molten iron and nickel slowly cool, they form swirling convection currents in the outer core.

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While extolled by supporters as Venezuela’s “dama de hierro” — the iron lady, a sobriquet bestowed decades ago on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — Machado is a controversial figure, even within the Venezuelan opposition.

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He searched for his own ways to iron out his mechanics.

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