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nebs

noun

plural of neb

as in mouths

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Under a microscope, their hairlike cilia sweep the area outside the cell like wispy brooms, pulling bacteria into their mouths and pushing them around.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
This is not against any rules, but leaves a sour taste in fans’ mouths.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

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Wheeler breaks down her actionable, high-yield steps for parents with kids of all ages who want to lower their bills right now.

— Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 July 2026
In September 2023, California approved the Climate Accountability Package, a pair of bills aimed at creating sustainability reporting requirements.

— Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Aimed at prosumer hobbyists and small print shops, the HeyGears G1X uses an Epson printhead equipped with 3,200 nozzles and eight ink channels to produce 3D models with more than 10 million colors, at up to 1,440 x 2,400 DPI.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
The couple has to regularly wipe down the exterior and drip tray, remove and clean the nozzles and sanitize the soda lines using a beverage line cleaner.

— Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

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