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By day, the stick insect hid in tree hollows, often congregating in significant numbers for shelter, with reports of as many as 60 insects found in a single hollow.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025 -
More than 24 hours of labor — augmented with Pitocin, to make contractions stronger — had left a deep hollow above his forehead.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
29 Dec. 2024
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Over the centuries, the decomposing bodies left cavities inside the hardened mineral casings.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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The five-year survival rate for all types of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers is 91%—meaning that 91% of people with lip cancer are still alive five years after their diagnosis.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
31 Dec. 2024
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The team then decided to add this all-important acetone into the outer layer of a coaxial needle, surrounding the silk and dopamine in the inner needle layer to enable the liquid to shoot straight into the air.—
Sophie Charara,
WIRED,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Deerfield Beach reptile store owner, Benjamin Herman Siegel, 40, who threw a bearded dragon lizard in the air, swung it around, and slapped his employees with the poor critter, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Humboldt penguins who nest in the open have more pollutant metabolites in their blood than do penguins who nest in guano-rich burrows.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.76% at the open, while the Topix added 0.74%.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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