skeleton
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A baby boy whose skeleton was found beneath floorboards could have died up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard, adding more mystery to what happened to him.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Access, basing rights, overflight permissions, maintenance, refueling and logistics are the skeleton of military power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Anschutz owns the Home Depot Center, where the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams train.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Out here stars were perforations revealing the bleached skeleton of the universe through a collection of tiny holes.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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