on a string
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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
These nucleosomes connect like beads on a string and fold into chromatin fibers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 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
As well as his own TV stand-up specials, Bargatze has appeared on a string of late-night talk shows including Seth Meyers, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon, as well as variety show Saturday Night Live.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
All of that panting was meant to have us on a string.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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