crease
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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
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“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
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"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
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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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