pear-shaped
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Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
"I was doing really well until 22 miles when I blew it. I lost my balance and it all went a bit pear-shaped," he says.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
In February 2022, she was seen wearing a a pear-shaped diamond ring during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show,” prompting its host to ask if she had remarried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
They are small, pear-shaped insects that come in a variety of colors, from green, red and yellow to black, brown and gray.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Set’s altar was made from an egg crate covered by a piece of an old bedspread, and the god himself was a rather pear-shaped figure of dried mud.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
