tendril
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A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
But the Laugh Factory incident is but one tendril of Richards’ book, albeit an important one, tying into the dangerous high-wire act of performance in general and stand-up comedy in particular.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
A few painstaking moments later and he has freed his bounty—a small caterpillar perhaps an inch long, caked in earth with a reddish tendril of fungus sprouting from its head.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
A twisty tendril of vapor in white-to-red ombre could be seen snaking behind a bright white light in parts of South Korea’s sky Friday evening.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
A tendril of worry tries to rise up, but I smash it flat.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Paul Cremo, who directs the Met's commissioning program, said creating the other-worldly universe for "Bardo" -- in which tendrils engulf singers and ghosts explode -- challenged the Met's technical staff.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Somehow, the tiny thin tendrils still hold on.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
The tendrils of the tightly strung material connect, both physically and metaphorically, the wartime experiences documented in the photocopied pages scattered about, but they also bring to mind out-of-control cell growth and cancerous disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
It had formed a massed wall that wove around itself and clung to itself with tiny tendrils.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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