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There was no flesh or tissue on the bone and officers did not find any pieces of clothing in the area.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
There’s still some meat on the bone in terms of Rantanen’s overall performance, though.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
Every cut of beef is meticulously aged on the bone for 25 days, seafood is sourced from local Ayrshire waters, and vegetables are grown just miles away at Dowhill Farm.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple teases that there will also be some proverbial meat on the bone… even if hot dogs happen to be boneless.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
There’s still some meat on the bone in terms of Rantanen’s overall performance, though.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
Every cut of beef is meticulously aged on the bone for 25 days, seafood is sourced from local Ayrshire waters, and vegetables are grown just miles away at Dowhill Farm.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple teases that there will also be some proverbial meat on the bone… even if hot dogs happen to be boneless.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the bone
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“On the bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20bone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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