ball of wax
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“It’s the same sort of ball of wax: People getting frustrated, feeling strained and acting out toward others,” said Charis E. Kubrin, a criminologist at the University of California, Irvine.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
“Peter and the Wolf” was the sound of making it: the playing, the narration and amplification, the whole ball of wax.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
I want to add another layer of complexity to this already thick ball of wax.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2020
A: We’re the whole ball of wax as performers and actors, and comedy is kind of a serious thing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016
I feel something in my throat, like a ball of wax, so thick I can barely swallow, barely breathe.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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