skeleton
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A baby boy whose skeleton was found beneath floorboards could have died up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard, adding more mystery to what happened to him.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Because gastroliths are small and light-weight, their intact arrangement indicated that much of the skeleton might still be preserved within the rock.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Bowser gets turned into a skeleton version of himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Anschutz owns the Home Depot Center, where the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams train.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
He just stood there, and Boaz wondered whether he’d finally gone too far, if he had at last reached a skeleton that even Daniel couldn’t handle, if this was the day he noped out.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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