tooth
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In “Death of an Ordinary Man,” Ms. Perry offers an endearing and achingly real portrait of her father-in-law: his set ways, gentle pleasures, sweet tooth and general contentment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Something like a million people vote in this event every year, according to the daytime news segment that I caught at the dentist the other afternoon while getting a tooth cleaning.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
He fought for the working men and women of the country tooth and nail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Edinburgh Zoo's red panda makes a visit to the dentist look easy after having his tooth removed during a health check-up.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Gingerly, Christopher placed the sphinx tooth in his mouth.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Meanwhile, just weeks before, the sump pump in my basement was working overtime in the teeth of torrential rains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Blood samples are easier to profile, but those taken from teeth or bones can take several days to process.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Do you have more teeth than a normal person?"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Bats in particular have very small teeth and may not leave a mark when they bite; you should still seek medical attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He felt Wolf starting to nibble the rawhide with his sharp front teeth, and kept very still so as not to put him off.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
In a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, researchers equipped six of the toothed whales, sometimes called "unicorns of the sea," with satellite transmitters, and had them explore remote East Greenland waters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those predators included anacondas, saber toothed mammals, flightless "terror birds" and sebecids, a group of land dwelling relatives of crocodylians.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Also unearthed were fireplaces containing evidence of the burning of toothed wrack seaweed to form soda ash.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
His projects conduct electricity, engage motion with toothed wheels, react in concert with universal laws of physics.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Broad surfaces of close-grained hardwood having a shiny surface are usually carefully roughened with a fine toothing plane blade previous to glueing.
From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham
It frequently happens, that during Dentition, or the Time of their toothing, Children prove subject to Knots or Kernels.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
The depth of the toothing is 10 mm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
The strange feature in this case is the zig-zag "toothing" which is employed to represent the jaws.
From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
The depth of the toothing is 18 mm.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
