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sills

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plural of sill

as in beams

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In Galecki’s home, wood beams and columns recall its log cabin roots.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
The machine fires X-ray beams at a subject, then uses a specialized camera to record how a bone absorbs the beams based on density.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

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Both players have notched two braces (two goals in a game) in the tournament, so a two-goal performance is not out of the question.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Healthcare providers may recommend a combination of over-the-counter medications like Advil (ibuprofen) or Aleve (naproxen), physical therapy, corticosteroid injections, and medical-grade braces or orthotics to treat the pain.

— Sukhman Rekhi, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026

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Carlos Hernández, director of LayerLab, helped organize a nationwide effort to produce splints and immobilizers after the earthquakes.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
The hospital's remaining staffers got creative, making beds and crutches out of wood and using clothes instead of gauze for makeshift splints.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

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While baking soda is famously good at deodorizing smelly things, adding salt to compost piles can interrupt the composting process.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Instead, there would be an uptick in compound disasters, as one extreme piles upon another.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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These feel like ‘table stakes’ for AI in text editing, yet Apple has been deliberate in introducing Apple Intelligence across its platforms.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Some members and associates of the Seidler family are expected to retain at least a portion of their stakes in the Padres.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Similarly, the president's tariffs on a variety of specific goods, such as aluminum, lumber and semiconductors, require investigations as well.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026
Japan is the second-biggest importer of lumber in the world, bringing in considerable quantities of wood from Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, as well as from Siberia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

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His personal insults, ranging from Adam Schiff having a pencil neck to Chris Christie’s weight to Bruce Springsteen’s aged face, also were repeats of various Truth Social posts.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026
The organization helped elevate Pride throughout the region, inspiring the Downtown Napa Association to hang Pride flags on light posts, eventually expanding the display to every municipality in Napa County.

— Matt Kirouac, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026

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