paper clip
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For 55 years, the government used rescue dogs in the Canadian Rocky Mountains who were trained to trace "everything", Ward said, from a small paper clip to shell casings to a human body.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
So he found a workaround: a paper clip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
After a few weeks, Webb had read it and stuck a paper clip — about 500 in all — over every passage that might offend the higher-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
For example, when you bend a paper clip which is made of aluminum, the movement of dislocations inside the paper clip accommodates the shape change.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024
The friend gave him the paper clip for free, because it wasn’t worth much.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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