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sinew(s)

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as in right hand

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Mayer had some early success with her jab, but Cameron increasingly took control as the fight progressed and landed the cleaner punches before hurting Mayer with a right hand in the eighth round.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
In the House the parliamentarian sits on the top tier of the dais, near the right hand of the presiding member; in the Senate the parliamentarian is seated at the rostrum below the presiding officer’s desk.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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As was the raucous song of the small-block two feet from my spine, but that part is probably the least surprising of all.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
Land facing uphill and one spine engages; land facing downhill and the other does the job without the need for a pilot to calculate the perfect approach angle.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026

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The tablet combines bictegravir, the backbone of Gilead’s blockbuster HIV pill Biktarvy, with lenacapavir, a first-in-class capsid inhibitor that has become a centerpiece of the company’s long-term strategy for HIV treatment and prevention.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Combine drought with fire and the backbone of the Everglades — its marshy peat soil — also becomes more vulnerable.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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