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sinew(s)

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as in right hand

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Widowed and nearing 60, Tony enjoys a quiet but contented routine, suddenly injected with anxiety when, during the school day, one of his young pupils innocently notes that his right hand looks frozen.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
The would-be thief approaches with a gun, but the car owner and CCL holder put his right hand to his back waistband for a moment, then pulls out a gun of his own and fires.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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After his remarkable 2025 season, Healy has found this one much more difficult, not helped by a broken sacral bone (at the base of the spine) suffered at Itzulia, the Basque Country’s WorldTour stage race, in April.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Primitive feathers O’Connor said some of the feathers looked highly similar to those present today in modern birds, with a central spine having a square cross section that would have helped make the feather stiff yet lightweight.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

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Ukraine repeatedly has targeted oil facilities that form the backbone of Russia’s economy, one of the world’s largest energy producers.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Building the nuclear backbone One focus will be NANO Nuclear’s HALEU transportation systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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