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Recent Examples of toesTo simplify locomotion control, Asimov uses passive articulated toes rather than powered toe actuators.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026 And, yes, toes assuredly have been an issue this season, with Bam Adebayo missing six games in November with a toe sprain and Tyler Herro missing 12 games in December and January with a toe contusion.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026 While sharply pointed toes have been on trend recently, a shift toward square-toe or square-tip designs appears to be on the horizon.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
Using strobes and a long exposure time to allow the maximum amount of available light to hit his lens, Cooley snags about 50 shots of the 20-foot-tall tree, which stands vigil over a street where nearly all the homes burned.
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Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Firefighters, meanwhile, quickly contained the blaze to a 10-by-10-foot area.
Every day, the snow crept farther down the mountains, and as the horses waded the creeks, ice froze on their tails and bellies.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
While Formula 1 can fly its grid around the world in the bellies of air transporters, the outsized, awkward dimensions of a foiling catamaran hull make aviation a non-starter.