on a string
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Mitochondrial pearling is a temporary shape change in which mitochondria form a structure that looks like beads on a string.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
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
Hometown fans wondered how the Grizzlies were staying so close when it felt like Doncic had the game on a string.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
The single combat involves swinging a conker -- a hardened horse chestnut -- on a string at your opponent's nut with murderous venom, until one is smashed to pieces.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
The idea was that particles like the proton and the neutron could be regarded as waves on a string.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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