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Recent Examples of gulletsThis mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets.—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Or, worse, how do dogs and pigs do it, with their litters, all those tiny mouths begging—is that what’s become of me?
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Players who cover their mouths will be issued red cards, the International Football Association Board unanimously agreed at a special meeting Tuesday in Canada.
An analysis of fossil jaws belonging to octopuses that lived between 100 million and 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, shows that these creatures may have been the largest animals in the sea and smart to boot, rivaling sharks and marine reptiles in their powers of predation.
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Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
Then again, this is a man who has sustained 14 broken hands, a plate in his wrist, two broken jaws and reconstructive surgery on his face.