pointy
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This strange realm of pointy peaks, rocky caves and soaring condors is California’s youngest and smallest national park, set in the underappreciated middle of California, where farms, ranches and vineyards blanket the valleys and hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The next generation of plush paper towels, toilet paper and diapers could be made with a plant with long, pointy leaves that grows in arid climates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A small, goggle-eyed creature with pointy ears and a mouthful of jagged teeth has somehow become one of the defining consumer products this decade.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
If 2025 had a face, it was undoubtedly made of vinyl, with pointy ears, big eyes and a grin with precisely nine teeth.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
The Nightbeast’s ears were long and pointy, pinned back, exposing the pink skin inside.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Since pointier wings indicate stronger flying and dispersal abilities, the team predicted such birds would be better equipped to respond to environmental pressures than those with rounder wings.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Smaller than wolves with pointier muzzles and ears, eastern coyotes are now common in the region.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Rickshaws also have a distinct appearance—a classic autorickshaw, for instance, is yellow and green—and Amazon’s rickshaws look, well, like pointier versions of the sleek gray Amazon vans.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
Everyone was... not mean to each other, but a little pointier.
From The Verge ● Feb. 28, 2018
I’m taller and have lighter hair and skin than my cousins, with a pointier nose and eyes that only sometimes look Asian.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
In fact, only the very pointiest decoy, the eight-sided die shape, got pushed out almost every time.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
“Put animals in a small, closed space, and the one with the sharpest nails, the pointiest teeth wins.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
They're a linguistic tag-team, riffing off each other's answers and competing to make the pointiest barb.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2017
In broadcasting, it is not necessarily the sharpest wit but the pointiest elbow that often gets the prize.
From Time Magazine Archive
