crescent-shaped
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In the wholesale markets of Yiwu, the Chinese city known for supplying the world with inexpensive goods, buyers can find prayer rugs, Quran stands, modest clothing, Ramadan lanterns and crescent-shaped decorations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The crescent-shaped Venetian lagoon glows in shades of turquoise, revealing the network of islands that form the floating city of Venice along the Adriatic coast.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Pouches sagged beneath her eyes, brown and crescent-shaped.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
