feathery
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September carrots can look almost too virtuous at the farmers market: sturdy bunches, feathery green tops, dirt in the creases.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” which Steinman had written for the feathery soft-rock duo as a bit of consumer bait on its first greatest-hits collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ideal for summer, this light and feathery style of bread can be used as buns for barbecues, for sandwiches in a picnic and in those lazy summer picky teas.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Arguably most prominent was her role as the central of five ballerinas in “Divertimento No. 15,” Balanchine’s Mozart-inspired confection from 1956, where she displayed gyroscopic turns and air-filled, feathery footwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
My heart did its own sort of feathery flutter when the captain said to prepare for arrival, and the plane began to descend.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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