wavy
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Look for wavy lines on straight structures like iron beams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
During our Zoom, with the background carefully faded behind her wavy blond bob, she promises that she doesn’t just copy and paste her subjects and settings from what sells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ceuzany's voice ranges from crystalline highs to deep lows, as she performs everything from jazz to slam, commanding the stage with wavy blonde hair and earrings framing her radiant face.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Portugal will look wavy in this kit inspired by the Atlantic Ocean, which borders the country.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Off came the dark hat to reveal a head of wavy brown hair, thick arched eyebrows, and chiseled cheekbones.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
On fair days the sun flashed from white fleets of "wavies," bound through seas of April skies to far Arctic ports.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
High in the air, invisible, migrating wavies winged into the south, the distant gabble of their passing falling weirdly earthward.
From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse
We would never have been such good friends," said Nan on one occasion, "if I hadn't wanted to go to your house, Gabriel, to see how your grandmother wavies her hair.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
September waned, and the laggard rear-guard of the brant and Hutchins geese, riding the first stinging northers, passed south in the wake of the wavies.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
When cooler and warmer waters meet, the sharp contrast changes the air above, making the jet stream wavier and slower, according to researchers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
A 2022 study suggests the jet stream will became wavier and stagnant as the planet warms, allowing weather like extreme rainfall to "park" over a region and causing dangerous flooding.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024
Attending means signing a wavier to "accept all safety risks", read the email to students.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
And with a wavier than normal jet stream, extremes of all kinds go up and down and around the planet, Francis said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Seven looked up and saw a picture of what looked like Thorn with shorter, wavier hair.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Last year was the waviest example of this pressure phenomenon in 145 years, said Overland.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2011
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