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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.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Apr. 2024
Sulfur sprays and stylet oil fungicides will also reduce the spread of powdery mildew.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2023
The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound.
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John Sass,
Field & Stream,
11 Apr. 2023
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.
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Randi Kaye and Travis Caldwell,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2021
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.
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Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2015
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Apr. 2024
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stylet
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The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
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Like, there’s a chick pushing a he-man out of the way and drawing a dagger to go at a T-Rex.
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After Jude Bellingham netted Saturday’s first goal in the 62nd minute — snapping an England scoring drought that had lasted for more than three halves — Bellingham set up Kane’s header, which served as the dagger.
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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.
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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.
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And there was Fred Raskin, Gunn’s longtime cutter who worked on all the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Gunn’s DC series Peacemaker.
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The Coast Guard cutter Eagle eased into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
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The $850 style is cut higher on the foot than a low-vamp pump, with a dramatic point, slim 100mm stiletto and small JC emblem at the back.
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Brown accessorized with stiletto sandals, tiny gold hoops, and a patterned headscarf, wearing her brunette waves loose.
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According to several social media posts on X, someone reportedly brandishing a machete was allegedly shot by an officer or officers.
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Shede Mao, 55, is accused in a criminal complaint and police affidavit of using a machete and dumbbells to slash and bludgeon the 49-year-old victim, whose name had not been formally released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as of Wednesday.
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It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
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“Stylet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stylet. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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