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For example, there’s quite a bit of autopsy footage in Faces of Death — lots of literal getting under the skin, and also, in one of the movie’s more stomach-turning moments, having skin peeled back off a skull.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026 -
The daughter peeled her mother’s hands away from Louise.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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If scaled successfully, the approach could help address long-standing limitations in battery design, particularly in applications that demand both high energy density and long-term stability.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere in the kitchen, two roaches scaled the wall over the three-compartment sink; two moseyed across a cookline table near the microwave oven; one climbed the wall behind the stove; and one went solo under a cookline table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Flaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaked. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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