spindle
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Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Institute in Zagreb, Croatia, provided expertise in comparative genomics and mitotic spindle geometry and biophysics, respectively.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
The process of dividing the sister chromatids over the cells is guided by the interaction between the centromeres and structures known as spindle microtubules.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
Jars, baskets, pots; a doll, a spindle, earrings, a photograph, a stack of sticks, a set of silver brushes and a silver cigar case.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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