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as in feathery
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as in stringy
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This internet phenomenon puts these feathery creatures in the spotlight, which ultimately aids awareness, said Matt Williams, director of conservation with the Indiana chapter of The Nature Conservancy.Megan Marples, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
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Remove the feathery cones that line the inside of the body.Nereya Otieno, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
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In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Certain digestive disorders can lead to soft, stringy stool.Cristina Mutchler, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
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Then came Quan’s moving ballet, Beneath the Tides, set to Concert No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with House of Gilles’s stunning costumes: waist-cinching corsets with nothing beneath for the men and diaphanous midi dresses with flowing skirts for the women.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
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Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin.EW.com, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Her modeling roots are clear, her willowy limbs and striking cheekbones elevating her simple outfit of a shabby cashmere sweater and flowing skirt.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
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That said, Beatty’s portrayal of the harried, discursive, libidinous George is irresistible even without context, as is the performance given by a young Goldie Hawn, who illuminates every frame—and perfectly counteracts Beatty—with blonde California light, and a heart-melting, downy innocence.Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
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The New York Ironweed (V. noveboracensis) grows almost as tall as V. altissima but the Big Apple version sports a heavier flower mass and some downy hairs on the bottom of the leaves.Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
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The morning drive was quiet and scenic through hills dotted with creosote bushes, spiky cacti and spindly ocotillo plants leading up to Safford, the hometown of a good friend who got the hell out of there.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Gibbons may be known for swinging by their long, spindly arms, but when the mood strikes, these apes turn into dance-happy twinkletoes, according to a preprint posted online last month that’s scheduled to be published in Primates.Phie Jacobs, science.org, 17 Sep. 2024
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Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons.Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
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Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair.Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
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And the idea of a taller, lankier Ellie for the five year time jump between games is not going to happen given that Bella Ramsey was not going to grow past 5’1.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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O’Rourke was a lanky, foulmouthed progressive, and became a celebrity overnight; documentary cameras followed him everywhere.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Wispy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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