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crease

[krees] / kris /




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An interventional radiology team begins by making a small incision in the crease of the leg.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

And as you begin to open or close the iPhone Duo, the interface shifts the controls and content away from the center crease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Cupertino-based company said it had reduced the visible crease in the middle of the screen -- one of the main criticisms leveled at foldables.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Archer and Robinson have particularly high release points, while Tongue delivers the ball from notably wide on the crease - 96.4cm from the stumps compared with Archer's 40.3cm - with his unusual, beyond-the-perpendicular action.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

I add a teardrop curve to her eyelids, and take away the crease.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

“How it’s not linear. Memory folds and creases and coils. This is where sculpture comes in. It helps me materialize these ideas and feelings.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

September carrots can look almost too virtuous at the farmers market: sturdy bunches, feathery green tops, dirt in the creases.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Netscher has meticulously rendered the garment’s luscious materiality—its fall, folds, creases and bunchings—yet transcended mere description to give us a shimmering vision of white and gray highlighted by splashes of red.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Dr Hussain says that, by targeting the dynamic wrinkles – the temporary creases we create when we make a facial expression – static lines are reduced in the long run.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

I ought to have done that with Luke, paid more attention, to the details, the moles and scars, the singular creases; I didn’t and he’s fading.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

"She could never believe how Freddie had such beautiful manners and he was always so deferential and polite and how his trousers were always immaculately creased," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Wizened and creased, with a hoop the size of a quarter dangling in his left ear, he relies on gestures—shrugs, grimaces, guffaws—to flesh out responses that lean terse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Khalil’s tired eyes creased at the corners, and a smile spread slowly across his face.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

Mr. Thompson took out his reading glasses to deliver the announcement onstage, reading from a script scrawled across a creased notecard.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2024

Mr. Kazilly is wearing a sharply creased white shirt, a red velvet vest, and maroon slacks.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

He prefers reading newspapers over screens, still creasing the pages into a subway fold like he was taught as a child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

At this point, both the kids are born, Jimmy and Rosie, and they're at the door, just creasing themselves with laughter.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

The 43-year-old looks back at that scar, a smile creasing his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

"Overall it's not too bad for its age - but there is visible creasing and dust to the covering and some areas require a drop of glue to make good," the seller added.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2023

She is getting worse, he thought, worry creasing his forehead.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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