waxing
Example Sentences
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And they really started to change when subpar waxing cost Randall a medal at the 2014 Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
“Fed leaders would be well served to skip opportunities to share their latest musings. The swivel-chair problem, rhetorically waxing and waning with the latest data release, is common and counterproductive,” Warsh said last April.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
Not done waxing poetic about the eyes on the veritable Redford of retrievers, Leonberg also pointed out another benefit of his dog’s particular coloration.
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025
Likewise the peak of the Taurids on 12 November, which only produces around 5 meteors an hour, will be affected by light pollution from a waxing gibbuous Moon with an illuminated surface of 84%.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
When the board was running smooth, I did a couple warm-up ollies before waxing the curb and practicing some grinds.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
