reed

The law has been a thin reed to lean on, Weil observes.

He’d rummage for wood scraps behind a neighborhood factory with his brother and make toy cars and bows from reeds they collected.

What saved him were the river’s reeds and willows, which slowed the water and gave him a chance to pull himself out.

The collection includes reed fishing baskets, ceremonial masks, pots, a waist belt of cowry shells - and 20 leather cloaks in pristine condition collected during a 1911-1912 expedition.

On Venus, sounds that are caused by solid objects vibrating, like harmonicas or reed organ pipes, would be pitched down because the atmosphere is dense and soupy.