Can you find 10 elements?

Science puzzle, Medium. Words hide across spaces and punctuation.

Our car, gone by noon, left us waiting with Bob, or one of his friends. Brad, on the phone, said Jaco, Baltimore is closer. Nick, Ellen and I went to Rio, dined, and slept. At the diner, Rocco, pepper in hand, asked Basil, very politely, to fix the car bonnet. Meg, old and wise, laughed.

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