tongue
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At the same time, the inner surface of the jaw, which faces the tongue in humans, was oriented upward.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
"So I usually switch between my mother tongue, which is Marathi, and English," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
“Every tongue did its best to circulate the gladdening intelligence.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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