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Recent Examples of cat's cradleThe image on the Leopoldstadt playbill is of a young Jewish child playing with a cat's cradle.—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022 But that string can still be made into something perfect: As Ludwig lovingly points out to his grand-nephews, the knots in the cat's cradle always stay the same distance apart no matter how the configuration is manipulated.—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
Taking inspiration from the CAR T-cell technology used to provide personalized cancer treatments, researchers have conducted a proof-of-concept study showing how similar compounds can precisely target protein tangles and plaques in the brain.
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Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
12 June 2025
To get started, take care of the tangles throughout your hair strands.
Europe cannot know in advance whether a refreshed Russia would renew attacks on Ukraine, move forward into Belarus, threaten Poland, or snarl at the Baltics.
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Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
Walker provides a snarl that is otherwise missing from the lineup, despite being 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds, and that could pay dividends when the intensity ramps up in the postseason.
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