on the surface
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Each vaccine aims to train the body to spot the same structure on the surface of the virus – known as the Bundibugyo glycoprotein.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The other is more direct: receptors for GLP-1, the hormone these drugs mimic, appear on the surface of some tumor cells, raising the possibility that the drugs are acting on cancer biology itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Because expensive memory chips are also part of the latter package, he noted that the $20 billion estimate might not be all it seems on the surface.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
"This is a book that surprises and isn't perhaps what it seems like on the surface," said chair of the judges Natasha Brown.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
I only need to keep playing the part long enough to create Nyla’s defoliant, so she’ll send us back on the surface like she said she would.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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