stylet

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Recent Examples of stylet The team explains how scientists can examine an octopus’ beak, stylets, and growth rings in the lab to determine how old the animal is. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024 Then, the mosquito uses one stylet—the labrum—to prod around, seeking a blood vessel to pierce. John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023 Sulfur sprays and stylet oil fungicides will also reduce the spread of powdery mildew. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023 The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound. John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023 In the ring-mating species, its walls are thick to prevent injury from the intruding stylet or the anchored sperm. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2011 The respiratory therapist pulled out my stylet, inflated the tip balloon through its small port at the top, attached an Ambu bag to the open mouth of the endotracheal tube and pushed in liters of oxygen. Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015 The stylet adapts to more easily pierce a partner’s skin, becoming sharper and reinforced. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2011 The procedure involves using a slender surgical probe known as a stylet to guide a tube down the woman's throat, according to Dr. Hudman Hoo, a pulmonologist and the medical director of St. Anthony's Hospital's ICU ward in St. Petersburg, Florida. Randi Kaye and Travis Caldwell, CNN, 11 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stylet
Noun
  • Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.
    City News Service, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Our Most Popular Stories of 2021 This year, readers were into peanut butter and jelly, semi-conductors, bayonets, Victorian knitting manuals, plus the hard-working dogs of Medieval Europe.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022
  • Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.
    Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
    Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Noun
  • The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The department wrote that Ross turned toward an officer with the knife in hand.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The pardons for those who attacked the U.S. Capitol included those who didn’t commit violence as well as those who carried firearms, Tasers, and knives into the melee, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It's been a few years since the last James Bond movie hit theaters, but Saweetie is ready to step into the stilettos of legendary Bond Girls before her with this ultra-sharp bob.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Stylet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stylet. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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