tine
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Another tine on the French fork is the urban agriculture project to educate Parisian schoolchildren and their families about food — where it comes from and what it takes to bring it to their plates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
Ersson, a 23-year-old Swede, allowed five goals on 22 shots before Hart, who leads tine NHL in shots faced this season, replaced him.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
A minute later, he'd fish them out with the tine of a fork and pile them, dripping, onto the paper-towel-lined plate.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021
He handed the broken tine to his conqueror with a gracious bow.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vernice eventually realizes that she and her friend have taken “different tines at the fork in the road.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The stag's antlers, now fully hardened and velvet‑free, regrow each spring, becoming more impressive with each year as new points called tines develop.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
“This sounds trite at this point, but in true Italian-American style, some of my earliest memories are helping my nonna roll gnocchi down the tines of a fork,” she said.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Along the tines of the tuning fork are spiral galaxies that do have gas and star-forming regions along their compact arms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
A dozen tines of red lightning erupted from each of Og’s fingertips, branching out in all directions.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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The Tower of Nero
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