crease
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Minimizing the crease is a priority for Apple, says Naranjo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In an electric atmosphere, with supporters on their feet, Stokes was roared to the crease.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
During the procedure, an interventional radiology team makes a small incision near the crease of the leg.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Root later explained that being alone at the crease was the only time he felt like he was getting any peace.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
I thought of my father’s maps and pictured Kiel, tucked within a crease of northern Germany.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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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
Because while the long hair, the mustache and the Mercedes are all gone, a broad smile still creases the old goalie’s face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
The small patches of eczema in the creases of her elbows and behind her knees began to spread.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 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
Behind the cloak that Einar had described she could see that he wore a tightly fitted dark suit with sharp creases in the trousers.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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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
Seated beside Milushev, Nikolay Ivanov creased his forehead as he denied any links with Russia.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
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
Georgie thought for a while, his forehead creased with concentration.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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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
"We've calmed down," Amfo confirmed, creasing with laughter.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
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
He began to punch in a response when the dispatcher hurried into the room with a look of deep anxiety creasing her face.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
Mom looks up from the stove, brow creasing.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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