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Recent Examples of exoskeletonDiatomaceous earth dehydrates and damages a roach’s exoskeleton.—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026 That is exactly where industrial exoskeletons come in.—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026 With motors only at the hips and knees, every exoskeleton still required crutches.—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2026 Scientists referenced research suggesting that scorpion exoskeletons can fluoresce under ultraviolet light and may function as a light-sensing surface.—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exoskeleton
In addition, many of San Diego’s trolley stops are in the South Bay and southeastern San Diego neighborhoods where the city has done significantly less upzoning in recent years — and where much of the land is zoned for single-family housing.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
But as housing prices have gone up, so have land rents.
The carapace of a spiny lobster (the part that is not the tail) must be greater than three inches long to be legal size.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
There were two carapaces, and one of them had little stones that would just sort of dance on the top of his head — because truly, those were the only moving parts.
This week, the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger in Norway announced its recent acquisition of a magnificent sheath, thanks to a curious hiker out for a walk one morning.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
That sheath scales with the surface area of the chamber.
Specifically, carapaces spelling out 8647, which is either shell-speak for evil intent or a bartender telling Patel to 86 his personal booze and buy a drink already.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?
The accepted wisdom in yacht design has been that the fastest ocean passages can only be achieved by multihull craft, such as the current crop of Ultim trimarans, which have three hulls in parallel and have set the big records of the past decade.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
That number could rise further in the next decade as costs fall with more ice-capable hulls hitting the water and technological advances, said Hanne Nielsen, a senior lecturer of Antarctic law at the University of Tasmania.
Highlights from the market included hand-appliquéd vests by Penny Singer; striking gold and gemstone bracelets by Kenneth Johnson; vibrant beadwork by Jovanna Poblano and Cole Forrest; geometric-pattern jackets by Pacha Arts; and sterling-silver rings by Cody Sanderson, among many others.
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Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
The focal point of the outfit is her boxy leather jacket, similar to this roomy style that comes in brown, black, and gray.