on a string
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Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Together, their students and postdocs collaborated on a string of papers pioneering chip-making techniques involving metal-organic frameworks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
“Obviously, you can’t do it individually by yourself. It has to be five guys on a string, communication, always at an all-time high.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
The display also featured Dahl's personal set of boules, along with his own invention of a magnet on a string, which Dahl used for picking up each boule.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Even without trying I knew it wasn’t for the front door, because it didn’t match up with the key that I wear on a string around my neck to let myself in when nobody’s home.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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