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as in heart
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bones
Noun
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According to a 2024 report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), approximately 400 children under the age of 15 die each year from drowning in pools and spas—making drowning the leading cause of accidental death for young children.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025 -
For starters, there is no d20 (that’s a 20-sided die) — a mainstay in Dungeons & Dragons that’s used for a majority of rolls.—
Dana Reboe,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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People have had public debates about the proper approach to safeguarding health since before modern medicine, but RFK is not a fringe academic or internet poster who can argue to his heart’s content without actually hurting anyone.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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Their ability to identify, nurture and break independent artists with authenticity and heart is truly exceptional.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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Their corpses, reportedly decomposed and mauled by pigs, were not found for another three days, according to a police statement issued at the time.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There was one dead roach under the margarita slushee machine, and 20 roach corpses on a sticky trap under a reach-in cooler.—
David J. Neal
August 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Priscilla could be seen holding her belly as the photo was taken.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Its back is darker brown, fading to cream on its belly.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Apex predators seldom just drop dead, so an explanation was needed when the carcass of a seemingly healthy 11-foot, 4-inch great hammerhead shark was discovered off southeast Florida.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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In another lay the stiff, decomposing carcass of a feral hog.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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What’s more, the resistant starch and fiber found in potatoes might help support gut health, and therefore aid digestion, Gellerstedt adds.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
17 Aug. 2025
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When a newborn baby started refusing to feed, a mom's gut instinct was that something was very wrong.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The soul of the person who wrote it, those that read it and dreamed with it.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
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An intellectual and a poetic soul with a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford!—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Coros Nomad can also provide not just heart rate and blood oxygenation readings, but ECG too.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Another teaser shared on Friday featured a video of Welch walking across a field in blood red shoes and matching dress.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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