as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles
you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food
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My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024 -
Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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After the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans, Santa Clara, Calif. will host Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in 2026.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Comparable sales in the company's International Developmental Licensed Markets segment rose 4.1% in the quarter ended December 31, beating estimates of a 0.43% drop.—
Savyata Mishra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The coins were apparently stored in a leather pouch, which had disintegrated over time, and concealed within or behind a kitchen wall, according to the Jerusalem Post.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2025
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Roberto Mancini did make up with Carlos Tevez (or, at least, was willing to tolerate him) after their relationship at Manchester City appeared to have disintegrated.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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At the Indiana State Police Laboratory, scientists cut out sections of bone, froze them with liquid nitrogen and pulverized them into a fine powder.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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On the city’s main shopping street, businesses that once bustled in the holiday season have been pulverized, and some of those that remain have been blackened by fire.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Starship and ordered an investigation into the accident on the day after the launch.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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This was in the large part thanks to grounding the tones with Dazzleshadow Liquid.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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