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as in heart
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife
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Noun
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While there have been success stories, he's seen a few of the kids he's worked with die from violence.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025 -
Stellar-mass black holes, which are 10 to 100 times heftier than the sun, are created when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel an die, collapsing to trigger huge supernova explosions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Gold was also a winner at Rahul Mishra, whose show opened with a minidress sculpted like a human heart decked-out in gold sequins.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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Coates was now entering a terminal stage: his heart and kidneys were failing, and fluid had to be drained from his belly several times a week.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
Noun
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As for the roach corpses, two were under a bun rack.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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Kendrick is charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
16 July 2025
Noun
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During her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday, July 23, the actress, 37, opened up about the differences between having an actual baby bump versus using a fake belly for her role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Go see the milking demonstrations with dairy cows: Head over to the Millennium Barn to see cows milked at 2:15 and 4:15 p.m daily. See a show free at the Hangar until 5 p.m.: Daily performances including folklorico and belly dancing, choirs, martial arts demonstrations and clog dancers.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Yellowstone park officials deemed it too dangerous and destructive to retrieve the carcass, which will break down until only bones remain.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
1 July 2025
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But poaching for feathers and eggs, poisoning from consuming lead ammunition in carcasses, and habitat destruction caused the condors’ population to crash.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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In the end, Alessia trusted her gut and decided on another look, a $48 yellow cowl neck dress from Zara, similar in style to Kate Hudson's iconic slip from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days that her mom had picked up for her (along with the butter yellow one that stayed at home).—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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The tourbillon class—named for the intricate mechanism that keeps a watch’s guts constantly in motion—starts at $19,190.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The musical slipstream that creates between bluegrass, blues, country, folk, hip-hop, jazz, R&B, rock and soul has roots more firmly entrenched — and more lucrative — in Music City than ever.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Allow this to awaken your soul ahead of season 4 of Ted Lasso: Jason Sudeikis and costars Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, and Brendan Hunt crashed a Mumford & Sons concert to perform the show's theme song on stage.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The church's Red Cross blood drive from 1-6 p.m. July 28.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
27 July 2025
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Takeovers come with premiums – usually around 40% – and that’s not counting the rally a share gets when investors smell blood in the water.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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