head or tail
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Who knows whether we’re at the head or tail of the Anthropocene, but the movie seems weary of our dominion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
“Twitch’s focus isn’t the head or tail, it’s growing the torso — the body of middle class artists in between,” Page said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
These cells are usually located toward the head or tail of the animal, although in the case of the electric eel, they are found along the entire body.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Each fragment develops a new head or tail, with each part forming a full set of gonads.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2013
Mrs. Frisby stared at all this, trying to make head or tail of it, but she could not.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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